Books with author Jeff Holland

THE CLERICAL SCANDAL OF SEXUAL-ABUSE and coverups, caused by a significant minority of the episcopacy and presbyterate of the Roman Catholic Church, has precipitated a strategic intellectual debate. On one side, the so-called 'conservative' intellectual diagnosis blames what some see as a broad presence within the contemporary Western Roman Catholic clergy of persons with homosexual tendencies. On the other side, the so-called 'progressive' intellectual diagnosis blames "Clericalism," which it sees only as a problematic psychological attitude, or an authoritarian, non-transparent, and unaccountable organizational culture, or both. This small book has not been written to defend either side of that debate, but rather to understand how Roman Catholic Clericalism is a systemic institution. Even so, it is important to state that any 'conservative' scapegoating of persons with a homosexual orientation for the clerical sexual-abuse and coverup scandals, as if homosexuality itself were the cause, blasphemes the image of God in those among us with a homosexual orientation. All human persons, regardless of sexual orientation, carry the beauty and dignity of our loving Creator's sacred image. It is also important to state that, while the 'progressive' diagnosis is correct at the surface level, it nonetheless fails to unveil the deep root of Clericalism as an historically legislated and non-evangelical institution, which inevitably regenerates problems and even pathologies for each successive clerical generation. The 'progressive' diagnosis also fails to explore how the non-evangelical institution of Roman Catholic Clericalism was historically constructed by imperial, papal, and conciliar legislation over more than a millennium and a half, and how it is now undermining the Western Catholic evangelization. Deepening the analysis of Clericalism to its foundational and tenacious institutional level is the purpose of this small book. JOE HOLLAND is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy & Religion from Saint Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida. He is also President of Pax Romana / Catholic Movement for Intellectual & Cultural Affairs USA, based in Washington DC. The author of 17 other books, he holds a PhD, from the University of Chicago.

Bloody Twilight, a kingdom already on the brink of collapse finds itself under siege by its own dead soldiers brought back to raging life. The mastermind: the magician Grolev, who holds captive the last surviving member of the royal family – The Orphan.Her only hope for rescue lay with Bloody Twilight’s castoffs: pixie leader Quinn Kind; Captain Victor Mene, lone army survivor; Welles, a magician with a vested interest in the kingdom’s dark past; and Nathan Cord, former military golden boy, The Orphan’s favorite uncle…and the king’s killer.As the choice to save Bloody Twilight or put it out of its misery becomes more complicated, these misfits soon learn their toughest threat isn’t the hordes of murder-minded dead – it’s themselves. Unsure whether to save Bloody Twilight or kill it faster, they must confront the mistakes they made that helped cripple their homeland. As the battle against undead soldiers and the vicious Grolev escalates, can they shed their anger and accept responsibility for the past in time to win the day?

Third title in Titan Books' Marvel fiction reissue program, featuring the Black Panther.HE'S KNOWN AS THE BLACK PANTHER.HIS HOME IS WAKANDA.WELCOME TO T'CHALLA'S WORLD.The African nation of Wakanda stood alone as an unconquerable land filled with incredible technological advancements for ten centuries. T'Challa, the latest in a lineage of warrior-kings, is the Black Panther, endowed with enhanced speed and strength, along with a suit made of the indestructible metal that secured his country's future: Vibranium. Now, outsiders have returned to plunder Wakanda's riches-including its store of the rare metal.Leading this brutal assault is Klaw, an assassin with the blood of T'Challa's father on his hands. Klaw brings with him a powerful army of super-powered mercenaries, all hell-bent on raining death and destruction on this pristine land.CAN THE BLACK PANTHER PREVAIL AGAINSTSUCH A MASSIVE INVADING FORCE?

"The Butterfly Book" by W. J. Holland. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Despite being found wondering the beach at age five with no memory of his past, Grayson Maddocks considers himself to be a pretty average teenager. With the foster system as the only world he’s ever known, there isn’t much Gray can’t adapt to or roll with.He maybe could have even handled being almost abducted one night. However, when the girls who attack him move faster than humanly possible, and seem to harness energy out of thin air to use as a weapon, even Gray can see things are about to go way beyond normal.Barely escaping as the two girls turn their fight on one another, Gray is suddenly pulled into a world he doesn’t understand, and one he can barely believe exists. Unknowingly, he now finds himself at the center of a decades old struggle - with who or what, he doesn’t know. Gray only knows that he and his friends are being hunted; and as they fight to stay alive, he knows their time is running out.

Bloody Twilight, a kingdom already on the brink of collapse finds itself under siege by its own dead soldiers brought back to raging life. The mastermind: the magician Grolev, who holds captive the last surviving member of the royal family - The Orphan. Her only hope for rescue lay with Bloody Twilight's castoffs: pixie leader Quinn Kind; Captain Victor Mene, lone army survivor; Welles, a magician with a vested interest in the kingdom's dark past; and Nathan Cord, former military golden boy, The Orphan's favorite uncle...and the king's killer. As the choice to save Bloody Twilight or put it out of its misery becomes more complicated, these misfits soon learn their toughest threat isn't the hordes of murder-minded dead - it's themselves.

Third title in Titan Books’ Marvel fiction reissue program, featuring the Black Panther.HE’S KNOWN AS THE BLACK PANTHER.HIS HOME IS WAKANDA.WELCOME TO T’CHALLA’S WORLD.The African nation of Wakanda stood alone as an unconquerable land filled with incredible technological advancements for ten centuries. T’Challa, the latest in a lineage of warrior-kings, is the Black Panther, endowed with enhanced speed and strength, along with a suit made of the indestructible metal that secured his country’s future: Vibranium. Now, outsiders have returned to plunder Wakanda’s riches–including its store of the rare metal.CAN THE BLACK PANTHER PREVAIL AGAINSTSUCH A MASSIVE INVADING FORCE?

Local people can generate their own numbers - and the statistics that result are powerful for themselves and can influence policy. Since the early 1990s there has been a quiet tide of innovation in generating statistics using participatory methods. Development practitioners are supporting and facilitating participatory statistics from community-level planning right up to sector and national-level policy processes. Statistics are being generated in the design, monitoring and evaluation, and impact assessment of development interventions.Through chapters describing policy, programme and project research, Who Counts? provides impetus for a step change in the adoption and mainstreaming of participatory statistics within international development practice. The challenge laid down is to foster institutional change on the back of the methodological breakthroughs and philosophical commitment described in this book. The prize is a win-win outcome in which statistics are a part of an empowering process for local people and part of a real-time information flow for those aid agencies and government departments willing to generate statistics in new ways. Who Counts? is essential reading for researchers and students of international development as well as policy-makers, managers and practitioners in development agencies.

As my children grow in their understanding of God and His Word, so do their questions. I pray for good answers to the ponderings of their hearts. God hears my prayers and gives me word pictures to make challenging explanations understandable and exciting to them. As God uses me to answer the questions of my children, He is also forming a deeper trust in my heart, while revealing His plan for me. Do You Love God More than Me? shares the answer He gave me to one of the hardest questions my children have ever asked. My heart longs for Christian caregivers to sow the gospel in their homes and to discuss God's truth as we sit and read, walk and drive, lie down and get up each day. I pray Do You Love God More than Me? helps your family in that endeavor.