H. David Baer (professor of theology), Alexander Faludy (journalist, church historian), and Joseph Novak (Hungarian Baptist pastor) discuss Ron Dreher’s new book, Live Not By Lies, and consider the questions: How well has Dreher described the experience of East European Christians? Is Dreher right to draw parallels between 20th century communism and American today?
Viktor Orbán
Christians Associated for Democracy Translates Hungary’s COVID Law
The nonprofit I founded, Christians Associated for Democracy, arranged for the translation into English of Hungary’s recent emergency act on COVID. The law allows the Hungarian government to rule by decree until the end of the COVID crisis, whenever that… Read More ›
Magyarország új egyháztörvénye rosszabb mint az első
Itt tölthető le a cikk A cikk angolul A magyar „rabszolgatörvény” és a bíróságokról szóló törvény miatti felháborodásunkban azonban se feledkezzünk meg arról, hogy az Országgyűlés a 2018. december 11-i mozgalmas ülésszaka folyamán a magyar egyháztörvényt is módosította. Az Orbán… Read More ›
Hungary’s New Church Law is Worse than the First
Hungarian Parliament on December 11, 2018 / source: AP Download a copy of this article here This article was published in, and can be cited as, “Hungary’s New Church Law is Worse than the First,” (2019) Occasional Papers on Religion… Read More ›
The Fall of Hungary: Viktor Orbán’s Push to Destroy Democracy
Demonstrators protesting Lex CEU / Source: CEU webpage Early in April, the Hungarian parliament, tightly controlled by the country’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orbán, passed a law aimed at forcing the closure of Budapest’s independent and prestigious Central European University…. Read More ›
For Hungary, The Game is Up: Ruling on Religion Law Forces Viktor Orbán’s Hand
The following editorial was first published in the Dutch paper Reformatorisch Dagblad on October 7, 2014, then republished in the online edition of the paper with the title “Tijd voor Orban om open kaart te spelen.” My original English text… Read More ›