Makkai Sándor egyházi és nemzetnevelési reformjai
The Reforms of Sándor Makkai Concerning the Church

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a summary of Sándor Makkai’s lifework (1890–1951) focusing on hisfrequent appeals to reform. This study concentrates on those publications in which he reassesses national, ecclesiastical and personal issues. I offer a review of the situation of thechurch, the theological education, the components of the national pedagogy and minority politics. We also perceive his major achievements as a pastor, as a theological professor and as thebishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church District. He was critical towards the practicesand beliefs of his age, and his reforms aimed to reach the most divergent issues. He raised existential questions, encouraged the members of his nation of a minority status. He supersededhis age with his vision, so that some of those still wait to be accomplished. Sándor Makkai wasthe loud conscience of his generation.

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