He is known for his fictional works such as the ''Father Brown'' stories, as well as for his non-fiction writings offering an intellectual defense of the [[Christian]] faith. Along with his friend [[Hilaire Belloc]] he is best known as an exponent of a British variety of conservatism known as [[distributism]], which opposed both [[socialism]] and large-scale [[capitalism]], and supported a decentralized economy of small property owners and small-scale [[entrepreneur]]s. He was a leader in the fight against socialism. | He is known for his fictional works such as the ''Father Brown'' stories, as well as for his non-fiction writings offering an intellectual defense of the [[Christian]] faith. Along with his friend [[Hilaire Belloc]] he is best known as an exponent of a British variety of conservatism known as [[distributism]], which opposed both [[socialism]] and large-scale [[capitalism]], and supported a decentralized economy of small property owners and small-scale [[entrepreneur]]s. He was a leader in the fight against socialism. |