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THE GOSPEL OF FATHER JOE
REVOLUTIONS AND REVELATIONS IN THE SLUMS OF BANGKOK |
| By: |
Greg Barrett, Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0470258632 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780470258637 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
29 April, 2008 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
* A gripping, well-told, and inspirational tale of one priest's courageous work in the worst slum in Bangkok and the difference he has made in the lives of thousands of children and their parents. * The story will inspire and encourage readers to believe that they too can make a difference in seemingly hopeless situations. |
| Synopsis: |
Three decades ago in a cordoned-off corner of the developing world an angry Catholic priest armed only with pencil, paper, and crayons, declared a revolution. From a shanty school shared with Buddhists and Muslims in Bangkok's squatter slums, Father Joe Maier began his advance on abject poverty. Today, his Human Development Foundation and Mercy Centre charity is responsible for thirty-two preschools that have taught more than twenty thousand children how to read and write. Despite the crippling neglect found in impoverishment, he is raising international scholars and injecting a sense of purpose into shantytowns and squatter camps that used to have neither. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |