The Christian Social Party (German: Christlichsoziale Partei, CSP) was an antisemitic Lutheran political party in the German Empire, founded in 1878 by Adolf Stoecker as the Christlichsoziale Arbeiterpartei (Christian Social Workers' Party). The Christian Social Party combined a strong religious and monarchist programme with progressive ideas on labour, and tried to provide an alternative for disillusioned Social Democrat voters. The program of the party was: The demise of the Christian Social Party came in the early 1900s.