Christian Labourism
Branch that combines the defense of workers and social justice with Christian values, promoting labor rights, solidarity, and social protection within democracy, inspired by the social doctrine of the Church.
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In one sentence
I want labor rights and social protection within democracy, inspired by the Church's social doctrine and Christian solidarity.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Free market
- Strong · Religious
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 76% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 28
Of all the topics, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Structure
On Structure, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 38This ideology 38
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Jacques Maritain
A French Catholic philosopher, Maritain renewed Christian thought and influenced Christian democracy, defending human rights, integral humanism, and the compatibility of faith, reason, and democratic freedom.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyAldo MoroPrime Minister of Italy98%
SociallyPope FrancisReligious leader97%
EconomicallyEinar GerhardsenNorwegian prime minister100%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismMartin Luther King Jr.Pastor and civil rights leader97%
PoliticsKeir HardiePolitician96%
PoliticsJoão GoulartStatesman95%
PoliticsLula da SilvaStatesman93%
PoliticsEvo MoralesStatesman93%
ReligionPope Leo XIVReligious leader92%
PoliticsNelson MandelaStatesman92%
PhilosophyJean-Jacques RousseauPhilosopher92%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Brazil
Social-developmentalist republicThe largest country in Latin America, Brazil is a democratic presidential federal republic with a mixed economy, broad social policies, and strong regional, cultural, and political diversity that shapes its electoral disputes.
Other close countries
Bolivia
Plurinational-popular republicAn Andean presidential republic, Bolivia is marked by indigenous leadership, the defense of natural resources, and a plurinational state project that unites economic nationalism and broad popular participation.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyColombiaCatholic-pacifying republic93%
SociallySurinameMultiethnic parliamentary republic90%
EconomicallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism99%
The most distant
Chávez's Venezuela
1999–2013Under Hugo Chávez, from 1999 to 2013, Venezuela lived '21st-century socialism', with a new constitution, oil-funded social programs, nationalizations, currency and price controls, deep polarization, confrontation with the United States and power concentrated in the president.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAllende's Chile1970–197387%
SociallyOld Swiss Confederacy1291–179886%
EconomicallyKádár's Hungary1956–198999%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Left
- Left
Christian Social Democracy
Current that turns the Gospel into reforms within democracy, defending a welfare state, labor rights, unions and redistribution without breaking with the market or with liberal institutions.
- Left
Christian Progressivism
Current that unites Christian faith with the defense of social justice, rights, and reforms, seeing in the Gospel a call to solidarity, equality, and care for the poor and marginalized of society and the world.
- Left
Social-Developmentalism
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Communitarianism
Current that values community bonds, traditions, and the common good above individualism, holding that justice and identity arise from life in community and the responsibilities people share.
- Center
Christian Democracy
Centrist current that applies Christian values to democratic politics, defending the social market economy, family, solidarity, and the common good as the foundation of free and pluralist institutions.
- Center
Eco-Nationalism
Current that links environmental protection to national sovereignty, prioritizing the protection of the country's own natural resources and land and sustainable development within national borders.
The most distant ideology
Dark EnlightenmentFar-Right35%