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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.
Political topics
Jacques Maritain leans further toward religious than 79% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Religion is where Jacques Maritain stands furthest from the rest.
On Free market, Jacques Maritain sits practically at the catalog median.
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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.
Christian vision that places the universal Church above nations, races and borders, in the line of Paul of Tarsus and Augustine, joining intense faith, traditional morals and spiritual authority with brotherhood among all peoples.
Doctrine of Christian inspiration that advocates the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, opposing both monopoly capitalism and state socialism in favor of autonomous communities.
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Techno-MonarchismFar-Right33%
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