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Christian Democracy

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Christian Democracy

Political movement that has a close association with Roman Catholicism and its philosophy of social and economic justice. It incorporates both traditional church and family values and progressive values such as social welfare. After World War II, a number of Christian Democrat parties appeared in Europe, including the Italian Christian Democratic Party, the French Popular Republican Movement, and the most successful, the German Christian Democratic Union. The same period also saw the appearance of Christian Democrat parties in Latin America. Though most were small splinter groups, Christian Democrats eventually achieved power in Venezuela, El Salvador, and Chile.



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Maria Mitchell, "Antimaterialism in Early German Christian Democracy," in European Christian Democracy: Historical Legacies and Comparative Perspectives, ed.
The fragility of democracy by Dougherty, Jude P. / Modern Age
But if the base of the right were Catholic ethnics in the Northeast and Midwest, American conservatism would resemble European Christian democracy, combining social conservatism with support for a strong and paternalistic welfare state.
Frontier myth: the spirit of the American pioneer did not inspire ... by Lind, Michael / Washington Monthly
Leo XIII, after all, and the Italian Jesuits who helped draft Rerum novarum were among Europe's most influential voices on the "social question," and Catholic intellectuals and workers formed the backbone of what eventually came to be called Christian Democracy, a movement central to the formation of the modern European and South American welfare states.
Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age by McGreevy, John T. / Commonweal
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