What is Christian democracy? : politics, religion and ideology / Carlo Invernizzi Accetti.

• Anti-materialism : Christian democracy's philosophy of history -- Personalism : neo-Thomist metaphysics and human rights -- Popularism : consciational democracy and constitutionalism -- Subsidiarity : a theory of the state and internationalism -- Social capitalism : principles of Christian democratic political economy -- Christian inspiration : the role of religion in politics -- Christian democracy in continental Europe : from dominance to doom? -- The European Union as a Christian democracy : a heuristic approach -- Christian democracy in the Americas : periphery or vanguard? -- Persistent normative potential of Christian democracy : between Muslim democracy and far-right populism.

• "This book is a study of the political ideology of Christian Democracy, a set of principles and values that has been, on one hand, extremely influential in the history of western democratic regimes, but, on the other hand, remains severely understudied, especially when compared to its main ideological rivals: socialism, liberalism and conservatism. I begin by substantiating these two claims"-- 

Ämnesord

Kristdemokrati  (sao)

Kristendom och politik  (sao)

Christian democracy.  (LCSH)

Christianity and politics.  (LCSH)

Democracy  -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (LCSH)

Christian democracy.  (fast)

Christianity and politics.  (fast)

Democracy  -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (fast)

Politik  -- religiösa aspekter (sao)

Demokrati  -- religiösa aspekter (sao)

Christian democracy  (LCSH)

Christianity and politics  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HN37.C35 (LCC)

324.2450822 (DDC)

Oc.06 (kssb/8 (machine generated))