25 Facts About Christian democracy

Christian democracy is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.

Christian democracy is often considered center-right on cultural, social, and moral issues but center-left "with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy" and the environment.

Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, although it is present in other parts of the world.

Christian democracy democrats are usually socially conservative and generally have a relatively skeptical stance towards abortion and same-sex marriage, although some Christian democracy democratic parties have accepted the limited legalization of both.

Christian democracy democrats are open to change and not necessarily supportive of the social status quo, and have an emphasis on human rights and individual initiative.

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Christian democracy democrats hold that the various sectors of society have autonomy and responsibility over their sphere, a concept known as sphere sovereignty.

Christian democracy Democrats emphasize community, social justice, and solidarity, alongside supporting a welfare state, labor unions, and support for regulation of market forces.

Christian democracy democrats tend to have a conciliatory view concerning immigration.

Academics have noted a few ideas key to Christian democracy, including personalism, solidarity, popularism, and notions of "Pluralism" and stewardship.

Personalism has generally been the underlying basis in Christian democracy that leads to human rights, especially in relation to a right to life, a right to family and a right to aid, a right to suffrage, freedom of conscience, and freedom of religion.

Over time, Christian democracy democrats moved from solidarism to a social market economy.

In many countries, Christian democracy democrats organized labor unions that competed with communist and social democratic unions, in contrast to conservativism's stance against worker organizations.

In solidarity with these labor unions, in Belgium, for example, Christian democracy democrats have lobbied for Sunday blue laws that guarantee workers and civil servants a day of rest in line with historic Christian democracy Sabbath principles.

Origins of Christian democracy go back to the French Revolution, where initially, French republicanism and the Catholic church were deeply hostile to one another as the revolutionary government had attacked the church, confiscated the church's lands, persecuted its priests, and attempted to establish a new religion around reason and the supreme being.

Comparatively, Friedrich Naumann's initiatives for Christian democracy socialism devolved into the idea of a "national-social" ideal.

Christian democracy attacked economic liberalism and condemned the rise of socialism, and generally encouraged a corporatist approach to labor relations.

The Christian democracy democrats won the women's vote in their respective countries due to the pro-family policies of Christian democracy democrats.

Christian democracy democrats pursued decentralization policies during this time, encouraging regionalism in Germany, Italy, and Belgium.

Protestant Christian Democracy developed in multifaceted ways in the post-war period.

In Sweden, it arose amongst the Pentecostals, where it coalesced in the Christian democracy Democrats, founded in 1964 as a reaction to secularization.

European Christian democracy democrats were a significant force in the creation of the European Union.

The reasons for the decline in Christian democracy are multifaceted, partly due to European secularization and the loss of a voting base.

Some Muslim democratic parties embraced by Christian democracy democrats are the National Awakening Party and the Lakas–Christian democracy Muslim Democrats, who have joined the Centrist Democrat International.

Furthermore, Christian democracy democrats accepted modernism and technocracy and began to advocate centralized planning.

Christian democracy has been especially important in Chile and Venezuela, among others, and partly in Mexico, starting with the ascendancy of President Vicente Fox in 2000, followed by Felipe Calderon.

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