TO A DANCING GOD

by Sam Keen ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 8, 1970

This is a series of discrete, but complementary, essays on various aspects of theology, philosophy, psychology and polity. They are not intended, however, as formal statements in any of those fields, but as personal reflections upon issues which the author considers problematic: and they therefore range widely over the area of contemporary human experience: faith, the breakdown of authority, Vietnam, ABM, love, and so forth. Keen's approach varies in keeping with the diversity of his subjects: one essay is in dialogue form; another in journal form; and another is broken into sections entitled ""Aim"" and ""Rationale"" and is disguised as a series of course-descriptions. The overall impression is that of informal lectures, or seminars, reminiscent, in many respects, of Whitehead's Dialogues. Much of what Mr. Keen has to say is worth reading. Some of it is too overcast by stylistic devices to be worth the effort. And some of it warrants meditation as well as reading. On the whole, To a Dancing God is a grab-bag--but a well organized one.

Pub Date: April 8, 1970

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Publisher: Harper & Row

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1970

Categories: NONFICTION