IHS Press Catalogue – Against the Tide

About the Book

Against the Tide is the memoirs of the most outstanding lay figure of Australian Social Catholicism, B. A. Santamaria. With Archbishop Daniel Mannix, he led the Catholic Social Movement from its founding in 1936 through its 1950s reorganization into today’s National Civic Council. His memoirs look at the 20th-century landscape of Catholic socio-political activity in Australia, and sketch the history of what became universally known in Australia as simply “the Movement.” His work and achievements constitute a forceful example of a fruitful collaboration between a doctrinally sound clergy and an appropriately (though not absolutely) autonomous laity, engaging the social order on the basis of integral Catholic Social Principles. This IHS acquisition from Australia constitutes, with the other titles in the series, a “case study” in Christian Social Action, detailing the work of the Movement and its leading figures.

Table of Contents

Foreword —Malcolm Muggeridge

PART I Foundations

1. At the Beginning

2. The Catholic Worker

3. The Mannix Tradition

4. The Spanish War

5. Apprenticeship

PART II Cold War: an Australian Chapter

6. The Climate of the Times

7. Communist Penetration of the Labour Movement

8. The Movement: Its Origins

9. Building a National Organization

10. The Sectarian Dilemma

11. Labour’s Reply to Communism

12. The Menzies Challenge

13. High Noon

14. Asian Interlude

15. To the Labour Split

PART III Struggle within the Church

16. The Two Camps

17. Beginnings of Conflict

18. The Movement Divides

19. The Movement Unwinds

20. The Principles at Stake

21. The Plan of Campaign

22. The Assault on New South Wales

23. Rome Has Its Say

24. The “Conscience” Issue

25. In Retrospect

PART IV The Sixties and Seventies

26. Camelot in a Provincial Stting

27. The National Civic Council

28. The Democratic Labour Party

29. The Struggle for State Aid

30. James McAuley

31. The Unions: from monk to Hawke

32. Foreign Policy: from Tutelage to Independence?

PART V A Cultural Revolution

33. The Youth Revolt

34. The Impact of Vatican II

35. From Whitlam to Fraser

Epilogue

Additional Features

index

author’s annotations

appendix