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Joe Holland

United States
Institution St. Thomas University, Miami Garden, Florida, USA
Position Professor Emeritus of Philosophy & Religion
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Email Address office@joe-holland.net
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Prior Educational Background
  • BA, Niagara University, Philosophy
  • MA, Niagara University, Biblical Studies / New Testament
  • MA, University of Chicago, Ethics & Society
  • MA, University of Chicago, Ethics & Society
Research Interests
  • Ecological Spirituality
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Liberation Theologies
  • Social Ethics
Recent Publications
  • Summary & Commentary for Pacem in Terris: The Famous Encyclical Letter of Pope John XXIII on World Peace (2020)
  • Roman Catholic Clericalism: Three Historical Stages in the Legislation of a Non-Evangelical, Now Dysfunctional, and Sometimes Pathological Institution (2018)
  • The Cruel Eleventh-Century Imposition of Western Clerical Celibacy: A Monastic-Inspired Attack on Catholic Episcopal & Presbyteral Families (2017)
  • Postmodern Ecological Spirituality: Catholic-Christian Hope for the Dawn of a Postmodern Ecological Civilization Rising from within the Spiritual Dark Night of Modern Industrial Civilization (2017)
  • Peter Maurin's Ecological Lay New Monasticism (2015)
  • Humanity's African Roots: Remembering the Ancestors' Wisdom (2012)
  • 100 Years of Catholic Social Teaching Defending Workers & their Unions: Summaries & Commentaries for Five Landmark Papal Encyclicals (2012)
  • Beyond The Death Penalty: The Development In Catholic Social Teaching (2007)
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • President, Pax Romana / Catholic Movement for Intellectual & Cultural Affairs - USA, Washington DC
  • Board Member, Spirituality & Sustainability Global Network, Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA
  • Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice, Co-Founder & Vice-Chair