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	Christian Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christian Democratic parties are often likely to assert the Christian heritage of their country, and to explicitly affirm Christian ethics, rather than adopting a more liberal and secular stance that all religions are to be considered equivalent.
		Christian Democracy is not very strong in the United Kingdom where the Conservative Party dominates conservative politics, although they do contain elements of Christian Democrat ideology and, as a party, are roughly comparable to Christian Democrat Parties throughout the rest of Europe.
		Christian Democrats in the country have been known for their advocacy of a shift from the present presidential system to a parliamentary form of government through constitutional amendments and through establishing peace talks with Muslim separatists and communist rebels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_Democracy (2104 words)

	Christian Democracy (Italy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the Christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or "DC", dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94.
		In any case many Christian Democrats decided to join directly Forza Italia, and in the years to come Forza Italia would have become the party with more ex-members of DC in absolute terms.
		The party's ideological sources are principally to be found in democratic and social Catholic doctrines of the 19th century (see Christian democracy), developed in France by Buchez, Lamennais and Le Play, and in Italy by Giuseppe Toniolo and Romolo Murri; in addition, the movement gained limited elements from liberal and social-democratic influences.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_Democracy_(Italy) (1445 words)

	Christian Democracy
		What Christian democracy is was authoritatively laid down by Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical "Graves de communi" wherein it is declared to be the same as "popular Catholic action".
		By involving the ethico-juridical and economical action of Christian democracy in political agitation, he fell into a mistake which was the more unfortunate as the parties of his day made use of it to bring about a violent political crisis.
		Christian democracy is the ensemble of Catholic doctrine, organization, and action in the field of popular social questions, i.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/d/democracy,christian.html (1552 words)

	Main Page - Christian Democratic Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is the home of the Christian Democratic Union, a nascent national association of state parties, caucuses, and other groups seeking to advance the cause of Christian Democracy in the United States.
		Christian Democracy, basically a politically-engaged form of Christian communitarianism, is the underlying political-social philosophy of the CDU.
		Christian Democracy was formed as a political-social philosophy in the last quarter of the 19th century.
	www.cdusa.org /wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page (576 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Graves De Communi Re (On Christian Democracy)
		As against this, Christian Democracy, by the fact that it is Christian, is built, and necessarily so, on the basic principles of divine faith, and it must provide better conditions for the masses, with the ulterior object of promoting the perfection of souls made for things eternal.
		Hence, for Christian Democracy, justice is sacred; it must maintain that the right of acquiring and possessing property cannot be impugned, and it must safeguard the various distinctions and degrees which are indispensable in every well- ordered commonwealth.
		In the same manner, we must remove from Christian Democracy another possible subject of reproach, namely, that while looking after the advantage of the working people it should seem to overlook the upper classes of society, for they also are of the greatest use in preserving and perfecting the commonwealth.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=4874 (3239 words)

	Christian Democracy
		Christian Confederacy of Intermarium - A proposed federation of Christian democratic and allied political parties, organizations and individuals in Central Europe.
		Democracy, Christian - Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical "Graves de communi" declared it to be the same as "popular Catholic action".
		Movement for Christian Democracy - A political organization working in the UK with the position that Christianity gives a vision for the whole of politics.
	www.supercrawler.com /Society/Politics/Christian_Democracy (258 words)

	Conservatism vs. Christian Democracy
		Christian Democratic parties were built from many stones, spanning from the landed right to the agitated workers of the left, and because of this a need for mutual reliance and responsibility was nurtured.
		Christian Democrats say that the state as one community is a false ideology, its enormous size is far too alienating and there exists too many different sections of community to be at one with itself.
		Christian Democratic parties, this can be attributed to the recent electoral losses for the German CDU and why the Dutch CDA, since amalgamation and writing ‘Points of Departure’, together with the Austrian OeVP have benefited from a restructuring and sharpening of their images.
	www.cla.wayne.edu /polisci/kdk/westeurope/sources/conservatism.htm (1625 words)

	Jakarta 2000 Papers
		Theologically, Christian support for democracy is built on the sovereignty or rule of God and the announcement of human freedom implied in the Christian ideas of creation and human fulfilment through the liberating impact of the figure of Jesus.
		Democracy, he avers, is essentially about ‘the ability of ordinary people to control their own lives and make meaningful decisions for themselves’, thus connecting human purpose with other wider concerns such as the environment, but this vision has been hi-jacked by the corrosive effects of unbridled liberalism and capitalism.
		Christian support for democracy may have become the dominant persuasion among theologians and the churches, but this does not mean that there is no place for the kind of continued ambivalence associated with notions of critical solidarity and prophetic criticism.
	global-dialogue.com /isat/race.htm (3452 words)

	OnChristianDemocracy
		As against this, Christian Democracy, by the fact tht it is Christian, is built, and necessarily so,on the basic principles of divine faith, and it must provide better conditions for the masses, with the ulterior object of promoting the perfection of souls made for things eternal.
		Hence, for Christian Democracy, justict is Sacred; it must maintain that the right of acquiring and possessing property cannot be impugned, and it must safeguard the various distinctions and degrees which are indispensable in every well-ordered commonwealth.
		In the same manner, we must remove from Christian Democracy another possible subject of reproach, namely, that while looking after the advantage of the working people it should seem to overlook the upper classes of society, for they also are of the greatest use in preservintg and perfecting the commonwealth.
	home.earthlink.net /~slrorer/OnChristianDemocracy.htm (4231 words)

	Christian Democracy in Europe Since 1945
		Christian Democratic (CD) parties became the dominant political force in post-war Western Europe, and the European People's Party is currently the largest group in the European Parliament.
		Christian Democracy in Europe Since 1945 : This is the companion volume to Political Cathol...
		Christianity and Sexuality in the Early : CHRISTIANITY AND SEXUALITY IN THE EARLY MODERN W...
	www.cdqingshan.com /541157.html (352 words)

	The Howard Center: The Family In America
		As a prominent early Christian Democrat explained, 1789 marked “the birth year of modern life,” which he also described as “the catastrophe of 1789.”[2] Indeed, one of the most successful Christian Democratic parties would take the strange name, The Anti-Revolutionary Party, in the late 1870’s, and would retain it until just two decades ago.
		...Christian Democracy, by the fact that it is Christian, is built, and necessarily so, on the basic principles of divine faith, and it must provide better conditions for the masses, with the ulterior object of promoting the perfection of souls made for things eternal.
		Hence, for Christian Democracy, justice is sacred; it must maintain that the right of acquiring and possessing property cannot be impugned, and it must safeguard the various distinctions and degrees which are indispensable in every well-ordered commonwealth.
	www.profam.org /pub/fia/fia_1911.htm (5412 words)

	Christian Democracy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Christian Democracy developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,...
		Democracy (Greek, demos, “the people”; kratein, “to rule”), political system in which the people of a country rule through any form of government...
		Adultery: Adultery is the application of democracy…, Americans: Go on, my dear Americans, whip your horses…, Arts, The: The arts cannot thrive...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Christian_Democracy.html (167 words)

	:::THC::: Allan Carlson, Ph.D.: Speeches: The Howard Center
		The Christian Democrats view the (core) family as a privileged opportunity to implement their social…principles. They want the citizens to adapt their private lives to demanding interpersonal relationships. Family life, especially the traditional family life of a married couple with several children, is a first embodiment of such relationships in other sectors of society.
		The Catholic effort had to overcome the view that the Church of Rome, from the fall of Napoleon in 1815 through the revolutions of 1848, was reactionary, favoring the oppression of the people, opposing their democratic aspirations, and ignoring the new problems posed by industrial society.
		Third, Christian Democracy has, at its best, carved out a “third way” of social-economic policy, independent of both the liberal-capitalist and socialist mindsets, by being respectful toward family life and the health of local communities.
	www.profam.org /docs/acc/thc_acc_frc.Christian.Democracy.htm (2535 words)

	Democracy is not a good form of government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Democracy hypothetically had it's beginnings in certain city-states of ancient Greece in which the whole citizenry composed the legislature except women and servants.
		This was a primitive form of democracy and was made possible simply by the fact that such cities were generally small, no larger than 10,000 people including women, children, and servants.
		Democracy acts from the selfish whims of depraved man and since man is depraved, only junk comes from democracy.
	www.sullivan-county.com /news/mine/democracy_bad.htm (1352 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Christian Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A political Bystem which stresses the inalienable rights of individuals and society in relation to civil authorities in the State, guaranteeing the liberty of the individual to act according to the dictates of Christianity.
		Christian democracy is opposed to socialism and has no political end, as has political democracy.
		These principles are embodied in the program of the Catholic political parties of Belgium, France, and Italy, and these parties are designated as Christian democracies.
	www.catholic-forum.com /SAINTS/ncd01998.htm (157 words)

	Russia Christian, Christian persecution, democracy, religious freedom
		In the Communist time the Christians were persecuted by the Atheists and now they are persecuted by the Russian Orthodox church, because the government has a close friendship with that church.
		But for a Christian it was quite hard to get the higher education because they didn’t let a person to join a college or University if he isn’t a member of the Communist organization.
		Christians could travel much, print literature one place, store it another, visit secret conferences in various parts of the country, visit the prisoners of faith, etc. Now they can’t do that because most of them are common people and very poor.
	www.praisesong.net /russia.htm (4642 words)

	Chile - Eduardo Frei's Christian Democracy, 1964-70
		During the tenure of the Christian Democrats, economic growth remained sluggish and inflation stayed high.
		The Christian Democrats also pushed through constitutional changes to strengthen the presidency; these changes later would be used to advantage by Allende.
		In the center, the Christian Democrats promised to accelerate reform with a progressive candidate, Radomiro Tomic Romero.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-2423.html (980 words)

	Christian Democracy in Latin America: Electoral Competition and Regime Conflicts Latin American Politics and Society - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He also examines the role played by Christian Democratic parties in the dual game (electoral and regime) that took place in most Latin American countries during that period as a majority of the countries in the region oscillated between authoritarian, fragile democratic, and consolidated democratic regimes.
		Mainwaring and Scully then explore the diversity of Christian Democracy in Latin America, providing a very helpful introduction to the study of Christian Democracy in the region and charting the varying performance of the parties (including a comprehensive summary of their electoral performance in 11 countries).
		He reviews the origins of Christian Democracy through a discussion of the features of Catholic social thought and examines the policy preferences of several parties, ranging from the Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union in Germany to the Christian Democratic Party in Chile.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4000/is_200410/ai_n9430492 (891 words)

	Open Directory - Society:Politics:Christian Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Adherents of Christian Democratic ideologies generally hold that the Christian faith provides the best mechanism for the creation of a just civil society, and that Christian concepts such as stewardship, communitarianism, social justice, and individual morality should be observed in the administration of public policy.
		Christian Democratic parties saw an explosion of growth in particular after the Second World War; they represented an alternative path resisting both the harsh oppression of secular fascism and communism and the extremes of individualism and materialistic capitalism.
		Although the specifically Christian tone of many of the major Christian Democratic parties has been muted in the later 20th century (and thus introduces confusion and electoral overlap with conservatives and social democrats alike), it nonetheless remains one of the major ideological strains in the world at large.
	dmoz.org /Society/Politics/Christian_Democracy/desc.html (293 words)

	Boehm, Christian: Democracy in Kyrgyzstan - Reforms, Rhetorics and Realities
		Everyday practice of democracy is tightly followed by Western representatives in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz government constantly has to prove that it is willing to follow the "Western path".
		Democracy, marked economy and all the foreign money pouring into Kyrgyzstan, have up to the present point only been of benefit to people who are already on the top.
		Democracy in Kyrgyzstan is not particularly stable and "undemocratic" practices by the authorities are frequent.
	www.anthrobase.com /Txt/B/Boehm_C_01.htm (3771 words)

	On Democracy - Middle East Quarterly
		Change the definition of democracy, say Voll and Esposito, and contradictions with Islam disappear; perceive Islam differently and it will ipso facto be different.
		In Israel, Judaism and democracy flourish symbiotically thanks to a host of painfully obvious compromises, ranging from the role allotted to religious courts in adjudicating personal status to the exemption from army service given ultra-Orthodox youth.
		The essence of that "narrow, ethnocentric conceptualization of democracy" is not the Westminster or the presidential system; it is a series of basic principles--the rule of law; an independent judiciary; freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly; minority and property rights; the right of the ruled to participate in the selection of their rulers.
	www.meforum.org /article/232 (577 words)

	Bush and Religion: Anti Christian, Polarizing and Ugly
		That measure of historical ignorance is simply mind-wretching in a democracy overtly based by Jefferson on nascent Christian values and human tights, and having had over two centuries to get it figured out.
		The entire Republican interpretation of nascent Democracy and Christianity (based on demonstrably false interpretations of history) is an utter religious fiction, maintained as if the western church has no history of its own, as if the church has made no human progress whatsoever since the days of Biblical and Roman despotism.
		When good Christians stop talking about Jesus and begin thinking and acting like Jesus, when enlightened human values are once again thrust upon human governments by the people, then, of course, Jesus will be back home, second time around, this time for the duration.
	www.opednews.com /lower031504_bush_religion.htm (1916 words)

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