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Benigno "Ben" Preagido Beltran SVD (born 5 June 1946) is a Society of the Divine Word priest, author, and theologian.

Life
Beltran was born in Kolambugan, in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. He is the firstborn son of Benigno Balance Beltran (Sr.) and Concepcion Malugas Preagido. After school education he began studying electronic engineering at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila in 1961. In 1967 he joined the Society of the Divine Word and studied in Manila and Rome. Beltran was ordained priest in 1973. In 1985 he obtained his doctoral degree at the Pontifical Gregorian University after writing his thesis entitled ''Who do you say that I am? A theological inquiry into the notions held by Filipino catholics concerning the person and functions of Christ''.

From 1978 until 2000 Beltran was professor at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay. Between 1978 and 2008 he worked among scavengers (waste pickers) on the Smokey Mountain dumpsite in Tondo, Manila, that formerly was the third largest dumpsite of the world.

From 1985 he was Scholar in Residence at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago for a year. 1988 he was guest professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. In 1989 the Parish of the Risen Christ was erected on the area of the Smokey Mountain dumpsite and Beltran was the first parish priest.

Beside his activities as a priest Beltran in involved in numerous organizations partly founded by himself (e. g. the Sandiwaan Learning Center for Learning and the traditional Filipino dance group Children of Mother Earth).

Selected Works

 * Faith and struggle on Smokey Mountain: hope for a planet in peril, 2012, Orbis Books, Maryknoll
 * Philippinische Theologie: in ihrem kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Kontext, 1988, Patmos Verlag
 * Kirche auf der Kippe: biografische, pastorale und religionspädagogische Dokumente von den Philippinen, 2014, LIT-Verlag, Münster (German translation of Faith and struggle on Smokey Mountain)
 * The christology of the inarticulate: an inquiry into the Filipino understanding of Jesus the Christ, 1987, Divine Word Publications, Santa Cruz
 * Smokey Mountain: ravaged earth and wasted lives, 1994, Divine Word Publications, Santa Cruz
 * Who do you say that I am? A theological inquiry into the notions held by Filipino catholics concerning the person and functions of Christ, 1985, Rom (doctoral thesis)
 * Die Lieder der Müllbergkinder, 2013, LIT-Verlag, Münster (music by Steven Heelein)
 * Unverschämte Lieder Dritte Welt will Wahrheit (with Engelbert Groß), 2013, LIT-Verlag, Münster
 * Journey into solitude: a manual for retreats and recollections, 1984, Arnoldus Press, Manila
 * Müllberg und Umweltkirche. Interkulturelle, theologische, pastorale und pädagogische Perspektiven auf den Philippinen, 2007, LIT-Verlag, Münster