Christian socialism
''This article is about politics that is a conjunction of Christianity and Socialism. See notes at bottom about other uses of the term "Christian Socialism"."Christian Socialism" generally refers to the politics of people who profess to be both Christian and socialist and see the two facts as connected. Broadly speaking, this can include Liberation theology and the doctrine of the social gospel. The term "Christian Socialism" is used in this sense by organizations such as the Christian Socialist Movement (CSM), a specifically Christian grouping affiliated with the British Labour Party. The term also pertains to such earlier figures as the nineteenth century writer Frederick Denison Maurice (The Kingdom of Christ, 1838).
Clearly, parallels can be drawn between what some have characterized as the egalitarian and anti-establishment message of Jesus Christ, who was certainly spoke against the religious authorities of his time, and the egalitarian, anti-establishment, and sometimes anti-church message of most contemporary socialisms.
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"Christian Socialism" can also refer to the politics of certain Roman Catholic political parties, particularly in the German-speaking world, such as the contemporary Christian Social Union in Bavaria or Karl Lueger's anti-Semitic Christian Social Party in Austria-Hungary circa 1900; generally, these have been rather conservative parties, whose politics would not typically be considered socialist, despite the name.