Christian Social Party (Germany)

Christian Social Party
Christlich–soziale Partei
Founded5 January 1878; 146 years ago (1878-01-05)
DissolvedNovember 1918; 106 years ago (1918-11)
Succeeded byGerman National People's Party
IdeologyChristian ethics
Monarchism
Antisemitism
Paternalistic conservatism
Political Protestantism
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationEconomic Union

The Christian Social Party (German: Christlich–soziale Partei, CSP) was a right-wing political party in the German Empire founded in 1878 by Adolf Stoecker as the Christian Social Workers' Party (German: Christlichsoziale Arbeiterpartei, CSPA).

The party combined a strong Christian-right programme with progressive ideas on labour and tried to provide an alternative for disillusioned Social Democrat voters.[1]

Part of the Berlin movement, it increasingly focused on the Jewish question with a distinct antisemitic attitude.

  1. ^ D. A. Jeremy Telman (1995). "Adolf Stoecker: Anti-Semite with a Christian mission". Jewish History. 9 (2): 93–112. doi:10.1007/BF01668991. S2CID 162391831.