‘This nest is for all kinds of birds’? National identity questions in the refugee reception of the Reformed Church in Hungary

This contribution discusses how concerns over ethnic identity and solidarity shape attitudes towards migration within the Reformed Church in Hungary. Hungary faced an influx of refugees on two occasions in the 1980s and again in 2015, which the Reformed Church responded to very differently. At the e...

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Main Author: Kóczián, Viktória (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2022
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2022, Volume: 50, Issue: 5, Pages: 553-568
Further subjects:B Ethnicity
B Reformed Church
B Hungary
B Migration
B National Identity
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