{"product_id":"church-and-society-in-hungary-and-in-the-hungarian-diaspora-9781442637405","title":"Church and Society in Hungary and in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChurch and Society in Hungary and in the Hungarian Diaspora\u003c\/em\u003e, Nándor Dreisziger tells the story of Christianity in Hungary and the Hungarian diaspora from its earliest years until the present. Beginning with the arrival of Christianity in the middle Danube basin, Dreisziger follows the fortunes of the Hungarians’ churches through the troubled times of the Middle Ages, the years of Ottoman and Habsburg domination, and the turmoil of the twentieth century: wars, revolutions, foreign occupations, and totalitarian rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplementing this detailed history of religious life in Hungary, Dreisziger describes the fate of the churches of Hungarian minorities in countries that received territories from the old Kingdom of Hungary after the First World War. He also tells the story of the rise, halcyon days, and decline of organized religious life among Hungarian immigrants to Western Europe, the Americas, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive guide to the dramatic hi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dreiszeger breaks new ground with this ambitious chronicle of the history of church life in Hungary and Hungarian communities throughout the world. This is no small feat, given the complicated shifts in Hungary's borders during 1000 plus years of turbulent history... Highly recommended.' -- C.P. Vesei Choice Magazine vol 54:05:2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  1. Introduction: Hungarians and Hungary through the Ages  2. Hungarians and Christianity to the Early Sixteenth Century  3. The Churches in the Ottoman and Habsburg Eras, from Reformation to Counter-Reformation  4. The Churches in an Independent Hungary, 1918-1944  5. The Churches under Nazi and Soviet Rule, 1944-1989  6. The Churches of Minority Hungarians in Romania, 1919-1990...  7. The Churches of the Hungarian Minorities in Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine  8. The Religious Life of Hungarian Emigre Communities in Western Europe  9. The Churches of Hungarian Immigrants in the United States, 1850-2000  10. The Churches of Hungarian Immigrants to Canada in the Twentieth Century  11. Hungarian Religious Life in Latin America  12. The Hungarians' Churches in the Distant Diaspora: Australia and South Africa  13. The Churches of the Hungarians at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century  14. The Themes of Hungarian Church History: Conclusions  Bibliographical Essay\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408360120663,"sku":"9781442637405","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442637405.jpg?v=1730502585","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/church-and-society-in-hungary-and-in-the-hungarian-diaspora-9781442637405","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}