Válság és terápia
Crisis and Therapy

The Answers of Áron Márton and László Németh to the Challenge of their Epoch

Summary/Abstract: Bishop Áron Márton and László Németh, one of the greatest Hungarian writers of the twentieth century only met once in 1935. They both thought that the moral and social vacuum of the 20th century was a crisis of values. They both recognized that the spiritual values elaborated in minority life were suitable for resolving this crisis. In the 1930s both of them strove to prepare Hungarians to fight against the inhumanities of their era. In order to achieve this aim all the extremist ideologies had to be avoided. They both were of the opinion that the roots of the modern social crisis were in the fact that positivist philosophy which rejected metaphysics divided human thought into various disciplines. Consequently, the society was also atomized and the 20th century dictatorships took advantage of this situation. Áron Márton pointed out that the immeasurable power of knowledge without the gospel might make people cruel. László Németh announced the quality revolution which meant personal and social renewal. Áron Márton also urged on quality when he accentuated the competitiveness of minority societies. This competitiveness ensures the survival of minorities in the competition of majority societies.

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