Sam Keen: Dionysian Naturalist Saint by Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D.
SAM KEEN (1931-2025): A Dionysian Naturalist Saint Sam Keen (1931–2025) was a philosopher, theologian, and author whose work profoundly influenced contemporary spirituality, masculinity, and mythopoetic thought. His writings, including Manifesto for a Dionysian Theology (1968), Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man (1991), Hymns to an Unknown God (1994), and In the Absence of God (2010), offer a rich tapestry of ideas that resonate deeply with Dionysian Naturalism. ⸻ A Dionysian Theology: Embracing the Sacred in the Sensual In his seminal essay, Manifesto for a Dionysian Theology, Keen challenges the prevailing Apollonian emphasis on order and...