Hannah Hurnard

Hannah Hurnard was a twentieth-century Christian writer best known for Hinds Feet on High Places, one of the most widely read devotional allegories of modern Christian literature. Born in England in 1905, Hurnard became associated with missionary work in Palestine and Israel, and her writing drew deeply on themes of fear, obedience, surrender, healing, and the soul's journey toward God. Hinds Feet on High Places, first published in 1955, remains her most influential book and has continued to...See more

Hannah Hurnard was a twentieth-century Christian writer best known for Hinds Feet on High Places, one of the most widely read devotional allegories of modern Christian literature. Born in England in 1905, Hurnard became associated with missionary work in Palestine and Israel, and her writing drew deeply on themes of fear, obedience, surrender, healing, and the soul's journey toward God. Hinds Feet on High Places, first published in 1955, remains her most influential book and has continued to find readers among those interested in Christian fiction, devotional classics, spiritual formation, allegorical literature, and faith-centred stories of transformation. Its central figure, Much-Afraid, has become one of the memorable symbolic characters in modern Christian allegory, embodying the movement from anxiety and woundedness toward courage, trust, and spiritual maturity. See less