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Christian Socialism

American  
[kris-chuhn soh-shuhl-iz-uhm] / ˈkrɪs tʃən ˈsoʊ ʃəlˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. any of various political movements beginning in the 19th century and promoting a version of socialism founded on or informed by the social ethics of Christianity.


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She bought the Vallance Road building in 1926, and quickly converted it into a center for education, Christian Socialism and trade unionism.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2016

"Christian Socialism," he wrote in the Communist Manifesto, "is but the holy water with which the priest consecrates the heart-burnings of the aristocrat."

From Time Magazine Archive

Christian Democracy began as a Christian Socialism and gradually moved towards center and right.

From Time Magazine Archive

In West Germany, Christian Democracy is the party of conservative Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, but is still flavored by the Christian Socialism of the Catholic Labor movement.

From Time Magazine Archive

The following year the emperor publicly condemned Christian Socialism and the “political pastors,” and St�cker was expelled from the Conservative party for refusing to modify the socialistic propanganda of his organ, Das Volk.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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