The ideology of Christian Democracy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6293045
AutoresPaolo Pombeni (autor correspondente)
Ano2000
Volume5
Fascículo3
Páginas289-300
Data de publicação2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/713682945
OpenAlexW1974924158
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas1

In some European countries the ideology of 'Christian Democracy' was an essential instrument through which the cultural and social identities associated with the Catholic Church entered into the world of modern constitutionalism and modern politics. This article explores many of the problems related to the definition of such an ideology: its linkage with the so-called social doctrine of the Catholic Church as well as the differences between them, the long historical journey which culminated in establishing 'democracy' as the unavoidable panorama for modern politics, and the relationship existing between official Vatican thought and the contribution of some Catholic thinkers, such as Maritain, Mounier and Dossetti. The climax of the ideology of Christian Democracy lay in its fundamental contribution to the constitutional documents of the post-1945 period in France, Italy and Germany. That contribution established a model through which a particular version of social democracy was realized. The assimilation of Christian democratic ideology into social democracy also signalled the dissolution of the former and enables us in retrospect to identify its 'transitional' character

Constitutionalism · Democracy · Doctrine · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Historical and Political Studies · Law · Religion and Society Interactions