History
Studies in the Catholic Social Movement
An intriguing and eye-opening sketch of the sincere activism of last century's Social Catholics. Dealing with just five countries of numerous more than that which witnessed a vigorous Catholic social movement, Somerville's text provides a useful, first-hand and contemporary sketch of a portion of Catholicism's long history of temporal struggle for social justice.
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The Last of the Realists
By: Robbins, Harold
A new biography of Chesterton, never before published in book form. The Last of the Realists tells the Distributist parts of the G. K. C. story - negelected, parodied, or excused by most of Chesterton's biographers - from the perspective of a leading Distributist contemporary of Chesterton, who worked with him in one of the most active branches of the English Distributist League.
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Beyond Capitalism and Socialism
By: Blum, Christopher O., Ph.D.
Obliterating the notion that there are only two choices - right and left - for perspectives on social and economic life, this apologia by twelve Catholics for a socio-economic life based upon the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church offers an outline of independent operator-owners, regulative guilds, and economic science subordinated to morality and the genuine needs of mankind.
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The Church at the Turning Points of History
A remarkable survey of the ability of the Catholic Church to surmount crises posed by civil society while maintaining its nature unchanged. Kurth, a leading Belgian historian of the late 19th and early 20th century, condenses 2,000 years of peace, turbulence, and resolve into a fast-paced, afternoon read.
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Daniel Mannix
The life and wit of Archbishop Daniel Mannix, the most influential and controversial clergyman in Australian history, is captured in this biography. It looks at his spiritual leadership and major areas of public engagement, from World War I conscription and Irish nationalism to the famous Labour Party split of the 1950s, and offers dozens of the Archbishop's insightful observations.
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Saint George
By: Cooney, Anthony
A compelling historical novel about England’s patron, and an evocative picture of 3rd-century Christianity and Roman life in general.
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The Servile State
By: Belloc, Hilaire
The prophetic masterpiece of Catholic socio-political thought by one of England's greatest Catholic essayists. Belloc argues that the internal dynamic of "free-market" capitalism is inherently unstable, and will resolve itself by leading either to the diffusion of property in Distributism or to its stable concentration in a "servile state" of wage slavery and state-sponsored capitalism.
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Socialism and Christianity
By: Taylor, Gary
The Church Socialist League believed that Christians should be at the forefront of any effort to improve the lot of working people. Illustrating the widely varying meaning of “socialism” at the time, this history looks at the ideological background of several chief Distributists, illustrating that the 1900's English “socialist” movement was not a monolithic campaign for statist bureaucracy.
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Richelieu
By: Belloc, Hilaire
A masterful sketch of the life of Cardinal Richelieu of France, masterful statesman and creator of modern Europe. Belloc is the Catholic historian par excellence, who sketches Richelieu’s career in light of the Faith which is the measure of all things.
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Dollfuss
A critical biography of the man who ruled Austria for two years (1932–1934) and attempted to build its politico-economic structure upon the Social Doctrine of the Church, as explained in Pius XI’s Quadragesimo Anno.
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Flee to the Fields
A perfect introduction to the thought of the Distributist movement, this book features authors including Bishop James Dey, Fr. Vincent McNabb, Harold Robbins, Cdr. Herbert Shove, and Reginald Jebb in essays addressing themes such as the “colonization” of the land by families and the restoration of the crafts.
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Twelve Types
A collection of biographical essays that evaluate the place of Tolstoy, St. Francis, Savonarola, William Morris, and others in the history of the West. Chesterton’s Catholic and humane perspectives on these figures provide modern readers with armament for the “culture wars.”
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Irish Impressions
In Irish Impressions, familiar Chestertonian themes – distribution of property, industrialism, the Faith, and Christian society – are discussed in the context of Ireland’s struggle for national and cultural independence from the Britain of the early 1900s.
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The Free Press
By: Belloc, Hilaire
The Free Press is the only work of its kind: a critique and analysis of the modern Media from a coherent, Catholic perspective. In this essay Belloc critiques the evil influence of a Media that manipulates, controls, and suppresses news and opinion; and he offers a surprisingly relevant apologia for a Free Press.
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Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism
One of the most scholarly and comprehensive treatments of the antagonism between Catholic doctrine and the capitalist spirit, it provides a convincing answer to the propaganda which suggests that the world is necessarily divided into two camps, the capitalist and socialist. Includes a comprehensive Publisher’s Preface on the Social Doctrine and the Italian Social Catholic Movement.
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Charles I
By: Belloc, Hilaire
Charles I defended the Crown against the Money Power of Capitalism and the Reformation. A story of intrigue and determination, told by one of England’s master storytellers.
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Charles II
By: Belloc, Hilaire
Charles II’s reign was intended to be “toothless,” but he had other plans. Belloc’s gripping story of his life details his valiant national struggle.
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Action
By: Ousset, Jean
Action is a manual for the modern Catholic Crusader by one of the late 20th century’s most respected and knowledgeable Catholic laymen. Thorough, engaging, and practical, it will inspire, motivate, and guide the modern Catholic layman in understanding and performing his duty to fight, with every available and lawful means, for the implementation of Catholic principles in society.
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