Christian democracy

form of government that protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens

concept that discrimination recognized in society should be remedied

Christian political ideology and socioeconomic model

socio-economic model

French Catholic newspaper (1880–)

Neo-scholasticism (also known as neo-scholastic Thomism or neo-Thomism because of the great influence of the writings of Thomas Aquinas on the movement) is a revival and development of medieval scholasticism in Catholic theology and philosophy which began in the second half of the 19th century.

Pillarisation (a calque from the ) is the vertical division of a society into separate groups, or "pillars" (), organised along religious, socio-economic, and ideological lines. The phenomenon is most closely associated with historical examples in the Netherlands and Belgium.

political ideology

encyclical

Popolarismo () is the term Italian politician Luigi Sturzo used to describe his political doctrine that formed the ideological basis for the Italian Popular Party and later Christian Democracy. In the Papal Encyclical Graves de Communi, (1901) Pope Leo XIII did not want Christian Democracy to enter the political sphere, and restricted it to social action. Sturzo developed Popularism as an alternative means of political action, which had an ideological focus on the people. As one academic notes:

Political international in America

Catholic social teaching; and a theological emphasis in Methodism

the concept that each sphere of life (e.g. civil, religious, family, etc.) has its own distinct responsibilities and authority or competence, and stands equal to other spheres of life

political and economic philosophy