==Christian Democracy versus Liberal Conservatism==
==Christian Democracy versus Liberal Conservatism==
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Although Christian Democracy and [[liberal conservatism]] are both moderate conservative ideologies there are fundamental differences. A simplistic way of explaining the difference would be to say that while Christian Democrats are [[social conservatism|socially conservative]] and [[economic liberalism|economically liberal]], so-called liberal conservatives are [[social liberalism|socially liberal]] and [[economic conservatism|economically conservative]].
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Although Christian Democracy and [[liberal conservatism]] are both moderate conservative ideologies there are fundamental differences. A simplistic way of explaining the difference would be to say that while Christian Democrats are [[social conservatism|socially conservative]] and [[economic liberalism|economically liberal]], so-called liberal conservatives are [[social liberalism|socially liberal]] and [[economic conservatism|economically conservative]]. Many formerly Christian-democratic political parties have been shifting towards a liberal-conservative ideology.