Christian Socialism on the 12 Axes

The name dates from 1848, when the Anglican clergymen F. D. Maurice and Charles Kingsley founded a Christian Socialist movement in England to back workers' cooperatives. Related currents arose with Félicité de Lamennais in France and the Swiss religious socialist Leonhard Ragaz, and the historian R. H. Tawney and many British Labour leaders drew on the same tradition. In Latin America, the liberation theology of Gustavo Gutiérrez (1971) and the Christian base communities shaped later movements, including the founding of Brazil's Workers' Party. Christian socialists treat solidarity and care for the poor as political duties. Compared with Christian democracy, they seek to change who owns the economy, not only to soften the market. Compared with religious anarchism, they accept the state, parties and elections as tools for justice.

• Christian Democracy 82%Christian democracy is a center-right tradition that applies Christian social teaching to politics, combining a social market economy, family values and international cooperation with a firm commitment to democracy.
• Left-Wing Populism 73%Left-wing populism frames politics as a struggle between ordinary people and a wealthy elite, and calls for redistribution, public services and national control over the economy.
• Centrism 73%Centrism is a political stance that sits between left and right, taking positions from both sides case by case and favoring compromise, moderation and gradual change.
• Indigenism 73%Indigenism puts the rights, cultures and lands of indigenous peoples at the center of politics, calling for self-government, collective territories and states that recognize many nations within them.