Faith and struggle on smokey mountain : hope for a planet in peril /
Beltran, Benigno P.,
Faith and struggle on smokey mountain : hope for a planet in peril / Benigno P. Beltran. - xvii, 203 pages 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
God as cloud of unknowing -- God of the poor and the oppressed -- God as fearsome and alluring mystery -- God as Lord of history -- God as consuming fire.
For many years, Smokey Mountain, a vast garbage dump in Manila, the Philippines, served as an emblem of third world squalor. In many ways, it is a metaphor for a planet slowly choking on garbage and waste. But for Fr. Ben Beltran, who served for three decades as chaplain to the 25,000 scavengers who survive off this reeking heap, it is also a metaphor of hope-- an emblem of the will to survive, the ability to create joy and find meaning even in the midst of abject poverty. Faith and Struggle on Smokey Mountain describes the spiritual resilience of struggling peoples and how, through their eyes, Beltran learned to read the Gospel anew. The lessons he learned bear a message for all who struggle for a better world.
9789710167111
Church work with poor
Church work with the poor
Poor
Poor
BX 2347.8.P66 / .B419 2013
Faith and struggle on smokey mountain : hope for a planet in peril / Benigno P. Beltran. - xvii, 203 pages 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
God as cloud of unknowing -- God of the poor and the oppressed -- God as fearsome and alluring mystery -- God as Lord of history -- God as consuming fire.
For many years, Smokey Mountain, a vast garbage dump in Manila, the Philippines, served as an emblem of third world squalor. In many ways, it is a metaphor for a planet slowly choking on garbage and waste. But for Fr. Ben Beltran, who served for three decades as chaplain to the 25,000 scavengers who survive off this reeking heap, it is also a metaphor of hope-- an emblem of the will to survive, the ability to create joy and find meaning even in the midst of abject poverty. Faith and Struggle on Smokey Mountain describes the spiritual resilience of struggling peoples and how, through their eyes, Beltran learned to read the Gospel anew. The lessons he learned bear a message for all who struggle for a better world.
9789710167111
Church work with poor
Church work with the poor
Poor
Poor
BX 2347.8.P66 / .B419 2013
