John M. Hull
| John Hull | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Martin Hull 22 April 1935 Corryong, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 28 July 2015 (aged 80) Birmingham, England |
| Residence | Birmingham, England |
| Nationality | Australian, domiciled in the UK since 1962 |
| Education | General Arts, Education, Theology |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne, Australia University of Cambridge, England University of Birmingham England |
| Occupation | Professor of Religious Education, at University of Birmingham; later Honorary Professor of Practical Theology, in The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham |
| Years active | in higher education: 1966 – 2015 |
| Known for | Modern approach to RE in schools Editor of BJRE, 1971 to 1996 Co-founder of ISREV, 1978, and its General Secretary until 2010 Writings on blindness and disability Training future CofE & Methodist ministers in Prophetic Witness |
| Title | Emeritus Professor of Religious Education |
| Awards |
Litt.D. (Cambridge) for work on RE Hon. D.Theol. (Frankfurt) Dr. H.C. (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Festschrift Education, Religion, & Society |
| Website | John M Hull |
John Martin Hull B.Ed. M.A. Ph.D. Litt.D. (22 April 1935 – 28 July 2015) was Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Birmingham. He was the author of a number of books and many articles in the fields of religious education, practical theology, and disability. The latter interest arose from his experiences, and personal and theological reflections, on becoming blind in mid-career. He edited the British Journal of Religious Education for 25 years, and co-founded the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV), of which he was General Secretary for 32 years, and President Emeritus at the time of his death. After retirement he pursued a further interest as Honorary Professor of Practical Theology in The Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham, England.
John Hull was born in Corryong, Victoria, Australia, the son of John Eaglesfield Hull (born in Leicester, England), a Methodist minister, and Madge Enid Hull, a teacher. He received a General Arts degree from the University of Melbourne and became a school teacher, but after three years teaching at Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne, whilst also obtaining a post-graduate B.Ed., he moved to England in 1959 to study theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, followed by Cheshunt College. He became domiciled in the UK in 1962.
After Cambridge and four years as Head of Religious Education in a London grammar school, Hull moved to Birmingham to train religious education teachers, first at Westhill College, then at the University of Birmingham, which awarded him a Ph.D. in theology in 1969.
From 1971 to 1996 he was Editor of the British Journal of Religious Education, and he remained a member of its UK Editorial Board until 2009. He served two terms as President of the National Christian Education Council. In 1978 he was the co-founder with the late Dr John H Peatling (USA) of the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV), by its 2012 Session an association of over 240 religious education scholars from 36 countries, which meets in a different country every other year. He was its General Secretary from 1978 to 2010, when he was appointed President Emeritus.
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