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Encountering God in the margins / [Aidan Donaldson].

Title
Encountering God in the margins / [Aidan Donaldson].
Author
Donaldson, Aidan.
Publication
Dublin : Veritas, 2010.

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224 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Encountering God in the Margins takes the reader into the world of the marginalized - the slums, villages and other abandoned spaces in the undeveloped world - and allows their story to be told through the incidents, images, sounds and smells that the author has encountered and experienced. The book is an attempt to restore a voice to the voiceless through allowing them to share their life, their hopes, fears and struggles.
Alternative Title
Reflections of a justice volunteer
Subject
  • Donaldson, Aidan
  • Christian Brothers
  • Church work with the poor > Developing countries
  • Marginality, Social > Developing countries
  • Poor > Developing countries
  • Underdeveloped areas
  • Developing countries > Social conditions
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • Case studies
  • Biographies.
  • Études de cas.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 224).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Our topsy-turvy world -- Entering into Immersion : An invitation to immersion ; Over the railway lines to the St Lawrence Centre ; Never judge a book by its cover ; Irene: a real hero in a world of shallow celebrities ; More lessons: an encounter with Br Jacek -- Confronting the false world of consumerism : 'Bubbles' ; The inhumanity of our modern human society ; The magical power of money ; Living with HIV/AIDS: people in denial, people in hiding ; Jesus and the marginalised -- Charity or justice? Poverty tourism, 'voluntourism' or immersion? : 'Voluntourism': the latest western fad to hit Africa ; A brief encounter with some of the boys ; A mother's plea: 'Leave my child alone!' -- Becoming fully immersed: experiences in Mapepe : Off the beaten track to Mapepe ; The widow's offering and the generosity of the poor ; Are they poor because we are rich ... and are we rich because they are poor? ; Joinourworld.com: an invitation to enter the 'Kingdom' -- Conclusion: So where is immersion leading us?
ISBN
  • 9781847302205 (pbk.)
  • 1847302203 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2010294794
OCLC
640086204
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library