Paradigmaváltó kisebbségi sors – 2. Az Unitárius Egyház gazdaságszervező stratégiái és tevékenysége 1920 és 1940 között
Paradigm Change in a Minority’s Fate. The Economic Reorganization in the Unitarian Church between 1920–1940 (2)

Summary/Abstract: Prior to 1920 with the war, social and economic problems were omnipresent and there was less emphasis on church life. After Trianon this changed substantially. Because it had lost importance as a result of state’s discriminatory politics, the Church was forced to increasingly depend on its followers. However, discriminatory politics also weakened the economic power of the Hungarian community. The pauperization of the congregations and the grave economic situation forced the church to get involved in the organization of the economic life of the community. Besides the church’s own welfare, it also importantly had the aim of solidifying ethnic Hungarian identity. In this we can recognize two periods. The first was from 1920 until 1930. This decade contained the first stream of the Romanian state's discriminatory measures; both the Church and the Hungarian minority lost economic ground. This was the period of reappraisal regarding the role of the Church and Hungarian ministers, and the clarification of the strategies which would follow. The second decade saw put into practice these economic strategies and the successful institutional consolidation. The church's economic reorganization was motivated by a combination of national, social, theological, moral and pragmatic factors. In addition, existing traditions were maintained, ministers continued to study abroad, and ethnic Hungarian society's material and moral solidarity were sought to be maintained.

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