This work portrays the experience of being blind, and gives a heightened awareness of the role of sight in everyday life. The author describes how his perception of things has altered since he became blind, and describes his relationships and the practical details of his changed life.
This work portrays the experience of being blind, and gives a heightened awareness of the role of sight in everyday life. The author describes how his...
With a foreword by Oliver Sacks Shortly after John Hull went blind, after years of struggling with failing vision, he had a dream in which he was trapped on a sinking ship, submerging into another, unimaginable world. The power of this calmly eloquent, intensely perceptive memoir lies in its thorough navigation of the world of blindness--a world in which stairs are safe and snow is frightening, where food and sex lose much of their allure and playing with one's child may be agonizingly difficult. As he describes the ways in which blindness shapes his experience of his wife and...
With a foreword by Oliver Sacks Shortly after John Hull went blind, after years of struggling with failing vision, he had a dream in which ...
Many adults in the churches find learning difficult. They may not be able to understand, for example, how the church has developed through history and in a time of rapid social change will continue to develop in many ways. They may find intellectual formulations of belief difficult to comprehend, attitudes -- like those who argue that the church must be involved in politics -- difficult to accept, and patterns of behaviour difficult to adopt. Evidence of this is the way in which after more than two centuries, some of the most basic assumptions of modern theology are alien to the average...
Many adults in the churches find learning difficult. They may not be able to understand, for example, how the church has developed through history and...
Thirty years ago John Hull wrote "What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning?." This new book asks "What Prevents Christian Adults from Acting?" How has it come about that the Church appears to be so preoccupied with itself? What happened to the quest for the social justice of the Kingdom of God? John Hull's search for understanding took him back to the prophetic tradition of the Bible, and he discovered that this has become neglected and even betrayed. Christian discipleship must be more than church-going and prayer. Christians must resist the unjust structures of society in the...
Thirty years ago John Hull wrote "What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning?." This new book asks "What Prevents Christian Adults from Acting?" How...
