Christian Socialism
Current of Thomas Müntzer, the peasants of 1525 and guerrilla priests such as Camilo Torres, seeking the Kingdom of God on earth through revolution, with common property and the rule of the poor imposed by force.
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In one sentence
I want God's Kingdom on earth through a revolution of the poor, all goods in common and the mighty cast down by the elect.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Federal
Structure
- Leaning · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Very strong · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 89% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 55This ideology 11
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Intervention
On Intervention, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 53This ideology 44
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Thomas Müntzer
Radical Reformation preacher who broke with Luther and led peasants and miners in the German Peasants' War of 1525. He preached an apocalyptic theocracy of the elect, with goods in common and the overthrow of godless princes; he was beheaded after Frankenhausen.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyMuammar GaddafiRevolutionary and dictator91%
SociallyJulius NyerereStatesman97%
EconomicallyMurray BookchinThinker100%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryOtto StrasserPolitical theorist89%
ReligionRuhollah KhomeiniReligious leader88%
PoliticsCharlemagneMonarch85%
PoliticsEmperor JimmuLegendary Emperor of Japan85%
ActivismZumbi dos PalmaresMaroon leader85%
PoliticsCharles VHoly Roman Emperor and King of Spain84%
PoliticsBaldwin IVKing of Jerusalem84%
PoliticsFerdinand III of CastileKing of Castile and León84%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Holy Roman Empire (First Reich)
962–1806A federation of Central European territories, the Holy Roman Empire gathered principalities and cities under an elected emperor and strong Church influence, marked by fragmented power and the autonomy of its members.
Other close countries
Dagestan (Russia)
Tutelary Muslim regionA republic of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus, Dagestan is multiethnic and Sunni Muslim-majority, with strong Sufi religiosity, local clans, dependence on subsidies from Moscow, repression of radical Islamism, and little real autonomy.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyIranClerical-statist theocracy81%
SociallySenegalSovereigntist presidential republic89%
EconomicallyAlgeriaMilitary-backed presidential republic98%
The most distant
Qing Dynasty China
1644–1912China's last imperial dynasty, founded by the Manchus, the Qing ruled through a Confucian examination bureaucracy, extended the empire to Tibet and Xinjiang, restricted foreign trade to Canton and declined with the Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyPersian Empire (Achaemenid)550–330 a.C.87%
SociallyGaddafi's Libya1969–201191%
EconomicallyAllende's Chile1970–197399%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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