Joe Holland

JOE HOLLAND is an eco-social philosopher in the intellectual school of humanistic-ecological postmodernism. He advocates holistic ecological, social, and spiritual regeneration for the emerging Global Civilization. Joe holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in the field of Social Ethics, which was an interdisciplinary dialogue among Philosophy, Social Science, and Theology. Currently, he serves as: Professor of Philosophy & Director of Liberal Studies & Philosophy at Saint Thomas...See more

JOE HOLLAND is an eco-social philosopher in the intellectual school of humanistic-ecological postmodernism. He advocates holistic ecological, social, and spiritual regeneration for the emerging Global Civilization. Joe holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in the field of Social Ethics, which was an interdisciplinary dialogue among Philosophy, Social Science, and Theology. Currently, he serves as: Professor of Philosophy & Director of Liberal Studies & Philosophy at Saint Thomas University, Miami, Florida; Permanent Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru; President, Pacem in Terris Global Leadership Initiative; and Vice-Chair, Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice. He founded the National Conference on Religion & Labor co-sponsored by the AFL-CIO, and also the American Catholic Lay Network. In addition, he is a co-founder of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice. He also served as founding Director of the Pallottine Institute for Lay Leadership & Research at Seton Hall University. Joe has published 12 books and countless articles. His SOCIAL ANALYSIS book with Peter Henriot has over 100,000 copies in print, with 21 US printings plus 5 foreign-language translations and 2 foreign English editions. He was the consultant writer for the 1975 document THIS LAND IS HOME TO ME: A Pastoral Letter on Powerlessness in Appalachia. He was also the consultant writer for the 1995 sequel document AT HOME IN THE WEB OF LIFE: A Pastoral Message on Sustainable Communities Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of This Land is Home to Me. Joe has lectured at Georgetown, Harvard, Notre Dame, Princeton, and many other Universities in the United States. Internationally, he has lectured at: Institut Catholique in Paris, France; Sogang University in Seoul, Korea; Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan; the Pontifical Catholic University in S�o Paulo, Brazil; Pontifical Catholic University in Porto Alegre, Brazil; Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz, Bolivia; and Universidad Nacional del Altiplano in Puno, Peru. In 1986 he received the Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice. In 2002 he was awarded the Athena Medal of Excellence by the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano. See less