Readers of The Josias will be pleased to learn that a number of the articles we have published over the years are being published in two volumes by the ever-interesting Angelico Press. The first volume is now available to be purchased on Amazon, and it contains a number of excellent essays and reflections on issues relating to the family, the city, and the state. In addition, the volume includes some important philosophical reflections on first-order concepts such as the good, freedom, and virtue. The volume is co-edited by our own editor-in-chief, Pater Edmund Waldstein, O. Cist., and one of our contributors, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski. The official title is Integralism and the Common Good.
Integralism has received some modest publicity these days, and its (slow but steady) emergence on the stage of political discourse signifies a possible shift in the political possibilities available for the future. While much of this public discourse centers around the controversies of current politics, nonetheless enough confusion remains about the precise nature of political Catholicism that it is still necessary to return sometimes to the first principles. From the beginning, it has been the mission of The Josias to expound just these principles, in the light of both natural reason and supernatural faith, with the aim of providing reliable guidance to citizens who are concerned about the current state of politics under the regime of liberalism. We hope that the publication of this volume will be educational and informative for those interested to learn more about the principles underlying a truly Catholic politics.
— The Editors