I have been reading "The Power, the Glory and the Kingdom: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism" by Tim Alberta, a book elected by my book club. The author is the son of a Protestant Evangelical preacher and seems quite worth reading. I feel somewhat familiar with the basic approach to religion taken by many American Protestants. In my early years, my family attended a Baltimore Baptist church. I think I was part of one or two summer vacation Bible school seasons.
I also think I have some feeling for the impulse to try to figure life out. In graduate school, I had two minors, philosophy and psychology. As a young professor teaching courses at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in educational psychology, statistics and grading and testing, I developed an interest in Buddhism and in meditation. My friend, Professor Larry Riggs, and I took a short course in Myers-Briggs personality types and I learned from Professor Arthur Herman about the differences in the approach to life taken by Buddhism and by Christianity. There is a famous trio of Americans, Jack Kornfield, and two others, who traveled to the East and studied with priests and religious thinkers.
If you are interested in religion, self-knowledge or figuring yourself and your thoughts out, I suggest going to the blog page:
https://fearfunandfiloz.blogspot.com
And using the search box in the upper left corner and search the term "Kornfield". The results suggest many valuable sources for pondering our lives and thoughts.
