I have been nearsighted for most of my life. In fact, I can't even remember what it is like to wake up in the morning, open my eyes, and see anything in focus. Because of this condition, I wear glasses to correct my vision. In Forbearance: A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church, James Calvin Davis writes about other kinds of myopia, ways in which our view of ourselves, others, and the world are out of focus. Informational: Our brains and memories are limited. Our exposure to the world around is limited as well thus limiting our knowledge. Consequently "there is a limit to what any one person can know." But this isn't only just true for individuals. It "can also be true of communities especially monolithic ones." Temporal: We live in a particular time and culture and are products of those temporal boundaries. Therefore, "we often fail to appreciate the effect that historical location (including our own) has on a person's understanding...