Conference organised by the Department of Economics and Social Sciences of Partium Christian University together with István Sulyok Theological Institute, and Partium Regional Research Institute, 22-23 November, 2018.
Theme: Revival, Social Reform and Spiritual Reform in Central and Eastern Europe
Place: Partium Christian University, Strada Sulyok Istvan nr. 14-16, Oradea-Nagyvárad
Time: 22-23 November, 2018.
Conference organised by the Department of Economics and Social Sciences of Partium Christian University together with István Sulyok Theological Institute, and Partium Regional Research Institute
Programme
21 November, 2018 (Wednesday) – arrival
17.00-19.30 Registration/Arrival to Oradea-Nagyvárad, Partium Christian University
(if possible latest by 19 hours on Wednesday)
20.00- Dinner
22 November, 2018 (Thursday)
08.30-08.55 Registration at Partium Christian University
09.00-09.05 Opening Words by Rector, Prof. Dr. József Pálfi
09.05-09.10 Welcome by Prof. Dr. Ábrahám Kovács
Chairperson: Levente Horváth
09.10-09.35 Ottó Pecsuk (Budapest, Hungary): Beginnings of the Bible Mission of the British and Foreign Bible Society in the early 19th Century Hungary
09.35-10.00 Emanuel Contac (Bukarest, Romania): Sowing the Word of God: Benjamin Barker and the printing of the 1838 Romanian NT
10.00-10.20 Discussion
Chairperson: Emanuel Contac
10.20-10.55 Ábrahám Kovács (Debrecen, Hungary): Revival, Bible Societies and Tract Societies in Historic Hungary. A multi-ethnic, multicultural and multi-denomination work for Christ
10.55-11.20 Ferenc Szilágyi (Oradea-Nagyvárad, Romania): Identity changes. Reflections about changes of Romanian and Hungarian Christian denominations in Szatmár County during the 20th century
11.20-11.40 Discussion
11.40-11.50 Coffee break
Chairperson: Csaba Fazekas
11.50-12.15 Levente Horváth (Cluj-Kolozsvár, Romania): The Ambiguous Beginnings of the Modern Mission Movements in the Reformed Church of Transylvania between 1895 and 1918. Against the Backdrop of the Enlightenment Narrative with a Peculiar Perspective on our Postmodern Milieu
12.15-12.40 Kálmán Árpád Kovács (Veszprém-Budapest, Hungary): Debates on Conversion and Spiritual Rebirth in the Hungarian Protestant Press between 1891 and 1901
12.40-13.00 Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Chairperson: Otto Pecsuk
14.00- 14.25 Csaba Fazekas (Miskolc, Hungary): Protestant Revivals and Small Churches in the interwar Hungary
14. 25-14.50 Gábor Lányi (Budapest, Hungary): Bishop Albert Bereczky (1893-1966) and the Revival Movement
14.50-15.10 Discussion
15.10-15.25 Coffee break
Chairperson: Kálmán Árpád Kovács
15.25- 15.50 Cyprian Simut (Oradea-Nagyvárad, Romania): How to Argue for the Impossible. The Concept of Universal Peace and Morals in the Theology of David Bogue (1750-1825)
15.50- 16.15 István Borzási (Oradea-Nagyvárad): Baptist Mission and Strategy in Transylvania, 1867-1917. The Baptist Mission Work and Strategy of Mihály Kornya (1844-1917)
16.15-16.40 Corneliu Simut (Oradea-Nagyvárad, Romania): The Reformed Calvinist Theology upon which the Romanian Baptist Seminary Was Built and why Romanian Baptists Turned Out Arminian
16.40-17.00 Discussion
Chairperson: Corneliu Simut
17.00-17.25 Botond Kertész (Budapest, Hungary): Der evangelische Christ (1848) Die erste bekennende Zeitschrift der Evangelischen in Ungarn
17.25-17.50 Gerhard Hausmann (Germany): Erweckung - Mission - Soziales Engagement" im Umfeld der Erzherzogin Maria Dorothea
17.50-18.10 Discussion
19.00 - Dinner
23 November, 2018 (Friday)
Chairperson: Attila Verók
09.00-09.25 Karl W. Schwarz (Wien, Austria): Scientific relationship between Debrecen and Vienna exemplified by Eduard Böhl and Sándor Venetianer
09.25- 09.50 Teofil Kovács (Debrecen, Hungary): The Defenders of Faith. The Correspondence between Ferenc Balogh, Father of New Orthodoxy Movement und Eduard Böhl, a Reformed Pietist Professor of Dogmatics from Vienna
09.50.-10.15 Zoltán Juhász (Debrecen-Székelyudvarhely, Hungary, Romania): Die Erscheinung des deutsch-niederländischen Pietismus in der ungarischen reformierten Erneuerung. Die Rolle von Károly Rácz in der reformierten Neoortodoxie
10.15-10.35 Discussion
10.35-10.45 Coffee break
Chairperson: Gábor Lányi
10.45-11.10 Árpád Kulcsár (Oradea-Nagyvárad, Romania): An Evangelical Impact on Bishop László Ravasz, the encounter with John Mott in Kolozsvár
11.10-11.35 Pál Hatos (Kaposvár, Hungary): After liberalism. The Idea of Revival and the Conservative Ecclesiology of the young László Ravasz 1907- 1918
11.35-11.50 Discussion
Chairperson: Teofil Kovács
11.50-12.15 Attila Verók (Eger/Nagyvárad, Hungary, Romania): Erbauungsliteratur mit pietistischer Note in den Lesestoffen der Siebenbürger Sachsen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert
12.15-12.40 Péter Kónya (Presov-Eperjes, Slovakia): Die Reformierten als eine ungewünschte Konfession in Preschau im 17. Jahrhundert
12.40-12.55 Discussion
12.55-14.00 Lunch
Chairperson: Árpád Kulcsár
14.00-14.25 Annamária Kónyová (Presov-Eperjes, Slovakia): Reformed and Lutherans living side by side in Zemplém County during the 16 and 17th century
14.25-14.50 József Pálfi (Oradea-Nagyvárad, Romania): The Idea of Personal Renewal in the writing of József Keresztesi, a Puritan Revivalist from Transylvania
14.50-15.10 Jenő Szigeti (Budapest, Hungary): Interethnical relations between the small Protestant Churches During the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
15.10-15.30 Discussion
15.30-15.45 Participants suggestions for future cooperation
15.45-16.00 Closing Words by Ábrahám Kovács
Organising Committee:
Prof. Dr. Ábrahám Kovács, Partium Christian University, Romania
Prof. dr. József Pálfi, rector, Partium Christian University, Romania
Dr. Attila Lévai, dean, János Sellye University, Slovakia
Prof. dr. habil. Corneliu Simuț, Emmanuel University of Oradea, Romania
Prof. dr. habil.Csaba Fazekas, University of Miskolc, Hungary
Dr. Teofil Kovács, vice-director, Manuscript Collection, Debrecen Reformed College, Hungary
forrás: www.partium.ro