From Movement to Inheritance

This book does not only deal with the history, but also with the effects of the Reformation over the mentality, education and scientifical research among Hungarians during the last five centuries. The spirit of the Reformation has not only been a church-forming factor, but also a force of nation-building and salvation. This volume includes 17 studies of Hungarian Reformed theologians presented at a conference in November 2016. The main goal was to give an overview of the most recent research results in history and theology regarding Reformation and its effects over society and mentality among Hungarians. The contributors come from various Hungarian theological universities from the Carpathian basin, thus the book is an overview of their research topics and results.

The City Cluj-Napoca was, became and remained an important center of the Reformation, as significant events took place in its surroundings as well. The Faculty of Reformed Theology of the Babeș-Bolyai University and the Protestant Theological Institute has always functioned in an environment, where the challenges of multi-confessionalism and multiethnicity are also present beside interdisciplinarity.

Zsolt Cinke is a PhD student at the Reformed Theological Faculty of J. Selye University.

Attila Lévai works as a dean of the Reformed Theological Faculty of J. Selye University in Komarno.

Dr. Theol. József Pálfi is the rector of the Partium Christian University of Oradea (PKE).

Alfréd Somogyi is the reformed priest of Apácaszakállas (Opatovský Sokolec), Dean of the Pozsonyi (Bratislava) Reformed Church District, Departement Head of Historical Studies of the Faculty of Theology at the Selye János University and serves as Vice Dean of the faculty.

István Szabadi is a lecturer at the University of Debrecen.