Old and New Paths of Religiosity for Slovakia and for Hungarians in Slovakia
Old and New Paths of Religiosity for Slovakia and for Hungarians in Slovakia

Summary/Abstract: The religious landscapes of Slovakia and Hungary are historically very diverse. Both countries have certain peculiarities, but some aspects (e.g., diversity, a relationship between politics and religion, etc.) seem to follow similar trajectories. Under the combination of local factors and broader societal influences (e.g., secularization or assimilation), we try to describe the religiosity of Hungarians living in Slovakia. The religious diversity of the Hungarian population in Slovakia is very similar to that of the Slovak population, but the former’s resistance to secularization is slightly stronger, although the last twenty intercensal years have been very dynamic in the case of the Hungarians as well. The relationship between demographics, educational attainment, and the breakdown of religious denominations among Hungarians does not reveal a favorable situation: the aging population and lower proportion of university-educated individuals present a long-lasting issue that slowly transforms religiosity over time. However, the internal differences in the factors of age and education levels among the religious denominations of Hungarians unveiled interesting and mostly historically conditioned results.

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