Steven Fortney
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Stoughton, WI, United States |
| Introduction | I was raised in a military family, graduated from UW Madison in Classics and Philosophy 1955. I attended Luther Theological Seminary, taught for 31 years, was a union negotiator for 25 years and an alderman for 21 years. I took initiation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition from the Dalai Lama in 1981 and again in 1986. |
| Interests | Writing, Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Religion, Buddhism, Progressive Christianity, Art, Science, Politics, American History, Fishing, Gardening, Reading, Jesus Seminar, Philosophy, Science, Shakespeare, Poetry, Novels, Essays, Writing, Music, Singing |
| Favorite movies | Schindler's List, Open Range, Bringing up Baby, Fargo, Best of Show, Hamlet, Lear, Dune, Waiting For Guffman, Like a Mighty Wind |
| Favorite music | All of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Choral Music, Bluegrass, My Last Day on Earth, Willy Nelson, Peggy Lee, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Grieg |
| Favorite books | Captain's Courageous, Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn, Little Men, Ape and Essence, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Light at the Center, the Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism, The Enormous Room, Shakespeare's Complete Works, especially Hamlet and Lear, History of Religious Ideas, Masks of God, Harold Bloom, Camille Paglia |