Dale Ahlquist is the founder the of the Society of G. K. Chesterton and Chesterton Schools, of which there are currently 70 and number is rising. He is also the editor of the book we are talking about today, Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching, from Sophia Press, which explores the economic and social questions of how we should organize out society. It is a third way, I think, that departs from both the big government solutions offered by our progressive friends and yet also the big business capitalistic model that sometimes alienates us from our labor and communities. Dale’s book brings balance and offers the focus on local community, both family and village, encouraging ownership, solidarity, and neighborly participation.

Here is the NEXT BOOK that Dale and I will be talking about on a future episode:

• G. K. Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man from Word on Fire Press

Joseph Pearce, one of the essayists in Dale’s book, has also been a guest on Almost Good Catholics.

• Joseph Pearce on Almost Good Catholics, episode 10: What about Hell? CS Lewis and Theology of the Afterlife.

Other Almost Good Catholics episodes on the subject of Catholic Education:

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