List of Christian democratic parties

Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching and Neo-Calvinist theology.[1][2] Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in a number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by secularisation. In practice, Christian democracy is often considered centre-right on cultural, social and moral issues, but centre-left "with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy" as well as the environment,[3][nb 1] generally supporting a social market economy.[3] Christian democracy can be seen as either conservative, centrist, or liberal / left of, right of, or center of the mainstream political parties depending on the social and political atmosphere of a given country and the positions held by individual Christian democratic parties. In Europe, where their opponents have traditionally been secularist socialists, Christian democratic parties are moderately conservative overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of Latin America they tend to lean to the left. It is the dominant centre-right political movement in Europe, but by contrast, Christian democratic parties in Latin America tend to be left-leaning.[5] Christian democracy includes elements common to several other political ideologies, including conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy. In the United States, Christian democratic parties of Europe and Latin America, deemed conservative and liberal respectively in their geopolitical regions, are both generally regarded as farther left-wing of the mainstream.[6]

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Ideas Catholic social teaching Christian corporatism Christian ethics Communitarianism Conservative liberalism Consistent life ethic Cultural mandate Culture of life Dignity of labor Distributism Economic progressivism Human dignity Just war theory Mixed economy Multiculturalism Neo-Calvinism Neo-Thomism Option for the poor Person Dignity Theory Popularism Progressive conservatism Religious liberty Friendly separation of church and state Religious pluralism Social conservatism Social Gospel Social justice Social market economy Solidarity Sphere sovereignty Stewardship Environmentalism Environmental protection Subsidiarity in Catholicism Welfare State
Documents Rerum novarum Populorum progressio Graves de communi re Quadragesimo anno Laborem exercens Sollicitudo rei socialis Centesimus annus Laudato si'
People Adenauer Andreotti Arizmendiarrieta De Gasperi Dooyeweerd Frei Gilson Groen John Paul II Joseph Ketteler Kohl Kuyper Leo XIII Maritain Martens Moro Mounier Pius XI Schuman Sturzo
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