
Touching the Rock
An Experience Of Blindness
John M. Hull(Author)
SPCK Publishing
Published on 16. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-281-07073-2 (ISBN)
Description
Touching the Rock is a unique exploration of that distant, infinitely strange, 'other world' of blindness. John Hull writes of odd sounds and echoes, of people without faces, of a curious new relationship between waking and dreaming, of a changed perception of nature and human personality. He reveals a world in which every human experience, eating and lovemaking, playing with children and buying drinks in the bar, is transformed. 'The observation is minute, and it is also profound: everything is pondered, explored, to its limit - every experience turned this way and that until it yields its full harvest of meanings. The incisiveness of Hull's observation, the beauty of his language, make this book poetry . . .' Oliver Sacks, from the foreword.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
292 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-281-07073-2 (9780281070732)
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Person
John M. Hull is Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Birmingham, and Honorary Professor of Practical Theology in The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham. He is the author of a number of books and many articles in the fields of religious education, practical theology, and disability.