Christian Democracy

Origins of Christian democracy - the concept of Abendland

The roots of Christian democracy stretch far, at least to the beginning of the 19th century. In our former article entitled the Forgotten Origins of Christian Democracy, published in the Hungarian Con...

Christian democracy, like other political ideologies, has a solid value orientation. Naturally, values tend to change in the light of the dominant norms of the current society. Still, there is a gener...

There is a broad consensus that the CDU has been “the Christian democratic party” in the past seventy years. Several reasons are behind this convention which, in general, we do not question. Yet...

In contrast to most of the Western European countries, in the United Kingdom there has never been a strong Christian democracy. This article, – after justifying this statement, – ventures back t...

Abstract: The dilemma of whether a political party represents Christian democratic values in the public sphere ‘truly’ is exposed to day-to-day political debates. This article would like to contri...

Christian Democratic politics is commonly associated with the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) in Europe. Although the federal elections are approaching, a to...

In the scientific literature, the examination of Christian democracy generally belongs to the researcher interested in the history of politics; the Christian democratic movement, the parties, or its...

Christian Democracy, just like other political ideologies, has a solid value orientation. Naturally, values tend to change in the light of the dominant norms of the current society. However, there is ...