Book contents
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conceptual Building Blocks of the Christian Democratic Ideology
- 1 Anti-Materialism
- 2 Personalism
- 3 Popularism
- 4 Subsidiarity
- 5 Social Capitalism
- 6 Christian Inspiration
- Part II History and Future Prospects of Christian Democracy as a Political Phenomenon
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Christian Inspiration
The Role of Religion in Politics
from Part I - Conceptual Building Blocks of the Christian Democratic Ideology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2019
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conceptual Building Blocks of the Christian Democratic Ideology
- 1 Anti-Materialism
- 2 Personalism
- 3 Popularism
- 4 Subsidiarity
- 5 Social Capitalism
- 6 Christian Inspiration
- Part II History and Future Prospects of Christian Democracy as a Political Phenomenon
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter is devoted to an exposition of the way in which the Christian Democratic ideology has historically conceived – and proposed to structure – the relationship between politics and religion. The analysis will proceed through a reconstruction of the meaning assigned to the concept of religious ‘inspiration’ of politics in this intellectual and political tradition.
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- What is Christian Democracy?Politics, Religion and Ideology, pp. 169 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019