Knowing Me, Knowing God: Exploring Your Spirituality with Myers-Briggs Paperback – April 1, 1997

Interesting and sometimes was a little more information than the readers could absorb, but an overall wonderful resource. informative. thanks

Basically, I didn't expect much. And while this book is lacking a lot, what it was good at--well, it was good at. I waffled between giving 3 and 4 stars. 3.5 would be appropriate.

If you are familiar with the Myers-Briggs, this is a great book to explore how you experience God through type.

I was preparing to teach an adult Sunday School series called Deeper Conversations with God, in which we explored how to have a more meaningful, intimate devotional life where we not only spoke to God but heard from him as well, and which came out of the depths of our unique personalities. In other words, I may commune with God in different ways than you do, and that's not only acceptable but even preferable to attempting to make one style of spirituality fit all. Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms for Different Personality Types (Michael and Norrisey) was my primary resource, but I felt I need another voice. I found this book: Knowing Me Knowing God.It was quite good at explaining the various elements of Myers Briggs and in a general way connecting the individual personality functions with approaches to spirituality. But it was too general, not specific enough, to be as useful as it could have been. I would have preferred not simply a general direction to go in, but rather adaptations of the various spiritual disciplines to which all Christians are called (prayer, fasting, service, fellowship, etc.) to suit the various profiles or at least the four basic temperaments. And there was no one place to go to study a single temperament, since the various pairs of functions were examined individually. Readers would need to read through all of it and do their own mental sorting and cutting and pasting to find an approach that reflects their own personalities.So it was a useful resource for me, as a teacher, but readers hoping to extract individual strategies might need to dig deeper or augment with other resources to find the most useful. It is highly readable for a general audience, and quite short, so it does serve as a primer. The Michael/Norrisey text is more specific, but also more academic in tone and from a somewhat more Catholic perspective, both of which may make it less accessible for the general reader. At the very least, readers will feel "permission" to approach their devotional lives in unique ways, without feeling themselves lesser because what works for others doesn't work for them.

I prefer the book Your Personality and The Spiritual Life on this topic. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0935652477

Although written some time ago, I continue to use Goldsmith's book in workshops and training of leaders of the church. It is very good and really opened up my understanding of why different people not only study differently, but also why we appreciate so many different types of worship, which is pertinent in today's culture. If you haven't read it, get a copy and read it! My copy is so dog-eared and underlined it's about to fall apart!

I’ve always been interested in personality types, and the Myers-Briggs system has been my latest obsession. This book is a great slant on how personality types can influence our perception of religion, specifically Christianity. It’s a short little book, so not really a good starting point for someone wanting to get a start on Myers-Briggs. Neither is it a particularly in-depth look at the subject of type and religion. But it’s a highly enjoyable read that offers several great insights into the subject.

Did not find interesting gave book away.