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050			_aBX 2347.8.P66 _b.B419 2013
100			_aBeltran, Benigno P., _934535
245		0	_aFaith and struggle on smokey mountain : _bhope for a planet in peril / _cBenigno P. Beltran.
264			_aDiliman, Quezon City : _bConsystent Solutions, _c2013
300			_axvii, 203 pages _c21 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aGod 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.
520			_aFor 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.
650			_aChurch work with poor _946896
650			_aChurch work with the poor _93037
650			_aPoor _940851
650			_aPoor _940851
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