András Máté-Tóth
Biographic Data
| ID | 1120141 |
|---|---|
| NAME | András Máté-Tóth |
| GIVEN NAMES | András |
| FAMILY NAME | Máté-Tóth |
| SIGNATURE | MÁTÉ-TÓTH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Szeged |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2709-1411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pilgrims of Hope
Today, we can no longer view Europe according to the old political division between the progressive West and the lagging but striving East. Europe is a continent struggling with geopolitical challenges, a struggle in which it needs the offer of Christian thinking and behavior, which fully recognizes and acknowledges human beings and is capable of bridging the divides created by selfish interests. The bishops and episcopal institutions of Europe c…
Algorithmic Mediation, Trust, and Solidarity in the Post-Secular Age
This article examines how algorithmic mediation reshapes social trust and solidarity in the post-secular age. Historically grounded in shared moral horizons shaped by religion, tradition, and communal practices, trust has increasingly been displaced by technocratic governance, market rationality, and algorithmic systems that mediate work, cognition, communication, and political life. Through a critical analysis of contemporary developments—includ…
Social Sins, Structural Virtues, and the Educational Challenge
The aim of this article is to reflect on the nature of the structural sins in the present times and to offer light on the structural virtues that are in urgent demand for sustainable development of persons and peoples. Our analysis begins in Benedict XVI's Caritas in Veritate. In the encyclical, the pope analyses oversimplification of the human reality by ideologies. The simultaneity of moral underdevelopment and a consumeristic super-development…
Religion as Securitization in Central and Eastern Europe
"Religion as Securitization in Central and Eastern Europe examines the significance of securitization theory as a reference point in understanding current religious, socio-cultural, and political processes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It explores contemporary social processes and discourses on security linked to religion and religious institutions. CEE has experienced many confluences of security issues with religious interpretations and …
Hidden Dynamics of Religion and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe
The relationship between human rights and religion cannot be seen as a relationship between two entirely distinct sets of values Human rights are deeply rooted in the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. However, throughout history religious institutions have interpreted human rights differently and have supported or hindered their implementation. This paper discusses the relationship between human rights and religion in the social and cultural m…
The Discourse of Christianity in Viktor Orbán's Rhetoric
This paper studies the views of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on religion and Christianity, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The analysis is based on Viktor Orbán's speeches in Băile Tușnad, at Bálványos Free Summer University and Student Camp (commonly known as Tusványos), which are suitable to sensitively trace the evolution of his thinking from 1990 to 2022. The analysis shows how the concept of Christianity has changed…
A traumatizált társadalmi tudat dimenziói
Tanulmányunkban a Máté-Tóth András által kidolgozott sebzett kollektív identitás Kelet-Közép-Európára vonatkozó régióértelmezési modell tesztelésének eredményeit mutatjuk be, elsősorban a traumákra vonatkozó érzésekre fókuszálva. Első lépésben az elmélet lényegét foglaljuk össze, és meghatározzuk azokat az elemeket, melyek mentén az elmélet tesztelhető. Második lépésben az általunk összeállított modellt elemeztük a TÁRKI által 2020-ban lekérdezet…
Focusing on Wounded Collective Identity
Excerpt: "Defending the value system of Christian Europe, defending the nation with the help of God, and defending the nation against nationalism. Three recent statements from three different countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Such ideas and avowals lay the provocative groundwork to take a closer look to the points of connection between religion and security. I have two theses to put forward, aiming to make them understandable and discussab…
A vallási szekuritizáció és a sebzett kollektív identitás modellje a magyar társadalomban empirikus adatok alapján
Tanulmányunkban amellett érvelünk, hogy a vallásosság alakulásának értelmezése Magyarországon a sebzett kollektív identitás és a szekuritizáció elméletei alapján új és eredeti módon végezhető el. Első lépésben az elméleti megközelítést tisztázzuk, összefoglalva a kelet-közép-európai régióra és benne a magyar társadalomra is jellemző traumatizált identitást és ennek következményeit a vallásosság értelmezésére nézve. Az elméleti megközelítés bemuta…
Populism and religion in Central and Eastern Europe
Populism is a re-emerging modern topic. Since 2015 it has been one of the most mentioned and analyzed issues in the political sciences, international relations, and sociological academic literature. Although populism is a worldwide phenomenon it is also highly regionalized. This research focuses on link between populism, nationalism, and religion in Central and Eastern Europe. Differences seen between this region, Western Europe, and United State…
Vallás és ráció
The present study tries to examine Max Weber’s famous technical term „disenchantment” and the rationalization of religion along with the receptions of Christofer Adair-Toteff, Hans Joas and Jürgen Habermas. First Adair-Toteff summarizes the general meaning concerning the rationalization in the concept of Weber by reflecting critically on the most important authors. Secondly, Hans Joas followed historically the genealogy and the inherent dynamic o…
Wounded Words in a Wounded World
The goal of this paper is both descriptive and prescriptive. The European sub-region called Central and Eastern Europe is understood and analyzed mostly through social scientific theories and models which have a Western European or North American origin. The region is often observed from the outside, and many interpretations of regional transformation are based on codes and categories of these external perspectives, which I will call heteropoiesi…
Freiheit und Populismus
Focus on Religion in Central and Eastern Europe
Different religious groups in Central and Eastern Europe influenced societies in the region after the fall of Communism and continue to play a crucial role in culture, politics, social networks and value transformations. As part of the REVACERN (Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network) project – supported by the EU Sixth Framework Program – more than 70 researchers from 15 countries in the region analyzed and discussed …
Spaces and Borders
People observe and transgress religious borders when they relate with faith and other faiths, when they shape communities, when they make decisions. A group of researchers have joined an inquiry into the forces of religious closure and openness in present-day Central and Eastern Europe. The volume is a result of a research community constituted within the REVACERN project – Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network, suppo…
Wounded Words in a Wounded World
The goal of this paper is both descriptive and prescriptive. The European sub-region called Central and Eastern Europe is understood and analyzed mostly through social scientific theories and models which have a Western European or North American origin. The region is often observed from the outside, and many interpretations of regional transformation are based on codes and categories of these external perspectives, which I will call heteropoiesi…
Spaces and Borders
People observe and transgress religious borders when they relate with faith and other faiths, when they shape communities, when they make decisions. A group of researchers have joined an inquiry into the forces of religious closure and openness in present-day Central and Eastern Europe. The volume is a result of a research community constituted within the REVACERN project – Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network, suppo…
Focus on Religion in Central and Eastern Europe
Different religious groups in Central and Eastern Europe influenced societies in the region after the fall of Communism and continue to play a crucial role in culture, politics, social networks and value transformations. As part of the REVACERN (Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network) project – supported by the EU Sixth Framework Program – more than 70 researchers from 15 countries in the region analyzed and discussed …
Freiheit und Populismus
Populism and religion in Central and Eastern Europe
Populism is a re-emerging modern topic. Since 2015 it has been one of the most mentioned and analyzed issues in the political sciences, international relations, and sociological academic literature. Although populism is a worldwide phenomenon it is also highly regionalized. This research focuses on link between populism, nationalism, and religion in Central and Eastern Europe. Differences seen between this region, Western Europe, and United State…
Vallás és ráció
The present study tries to examine Max Weber’s famous technical term „disenchantment” and the rationalization of religion along with the receptions of Christofer Adair-Toteff, Hans Joas and Jürgen Habermas. First Adair-Toteff summarizes the general meaning concerning the rationalization in the concept of Weber by reflecting critically on the most important authors. Secondly, Hans Joas followed historically the genealogy and the inherent dynamic o…
Wounded Words in a Wounded World
The goal of this paper is both descriptive and prescriptive. The European sub-region called Central and Eastern Europe is understood and analyzed mostly through social scientific theories and models which have a Western European or North American origin. The region is often observed from the outside, and many interpretations of regional transformation are based on codes and categories of these external perspectives, which I will call heteropoiesi…
A traumatizált társadalmi tudat dimenziói
Tanulmányunkban a Máté-Tóth András által kidolgozott sebzett kollektív identitás Kelet-Közép-Európára vonatkozó régióértelmezési modell tesztelésének eredményeit mutatjuk be, elsősorban a traumákra vonatkozó érzésekre fókuszálva. Első lépésben az elmélet lényegét foglaljuk össze, és meghatározzuk azokat az elemeket, melyek mentén az elmélet tesztelhető. Második lépésben az általunk összeállított modellt elemeztük a TÁRKI által 2020-ban lekérdezet…
Focusing on Wounded Collective Identity
Excerpt: "Defending the value system of Christian Europe, defending the nation with the help of God, and defending the nation against nationalism. Three recent statements from three different countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Such ideas and avowals lay the provocative groundwork to take a closer look to the points of connection between religion and security. I have two theses to put forward, aiming to make them understandable and discussab…
A vallási szekuritizáció és a sebzett kollektív identitás modellje a magyar társadalomban empirikus adatok alapján
Tanulmányunkban amellett érvelünk, hogy a vallásosság alakulásának értelmezése Magyarországon a sebzett kollektív identitás és a szekuritizáció elméletei alapján új és eredeti módon végezhető el. Első lépésben az elméleti megközelítést tisztázzuk, összefoglalva a kelet-közép-európai régióra és benne a magyar társadalomra is jellemző traumatizált identitást és ennek következményeit a vallásosság értelmezésére nézve. Az elméleti megközelítés bemuta…
Hidden Dynamics of Religion and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe
The relationship between human rights and religion cannot be seen as a relationship between two entirely distinct sets of values Human rights are deeply rooted in the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. However, throughout history religious institutions have interpreted human rights differently and have supported or hindered their implementation. This paper discusses the relationship between human rights and religion in the social and cultural m…
The Discourse of Christianity in Viktor Orbán's Rhetoric
This paper studies the views of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on religion and Christianity, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The analysis is based on Viktor Orbán's speeches in Băile Tușnad, at Bálványos Free Summer University and Student Camp (commonly known as Tusványos), which are suitable to sensitively trace the evolution of his thinking from 1990 to 2022. The analysis shows how the concept of Christianity has changed…
Religion as Securitization in Central and Eastern Europe
"Religion as Securitization in Central and Eastern Europe examines the significance of securitization theory as a reference point in understanding current religious, socio-cultural, and political processes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It explores contemporary social processes and discourses on security linked to religion and religious institutions. CEE has experienced many confluences of security issues with religious interpretations and …
Social Sins, Structural Virtues, and the Educational Challenge
The aim of this article is to reflect on the nature of the structural sins in the present times and to offer light on the structural virtues that are in urgent demand for sustainable development of persons and peoples. Our analysis begins in Benedict XVI's Caritas in Veritate. In the encyclical, the pope analyses oversimplification of the human reality by ideologies. The simultaneity of moral underdevelopment and a consumeristic super-development…
Pilgrims of Hope
Today, we can no longer view Europe according to the old political division between the progressive West and the lagging but striving East. Europe is a continent struggling with geopolitical challenges, a struggle in which it needs the offer of Christian thinking and behavior, which fully recognizes and acknowledges human beings and is capable of bridging the divides created by selfish interests. The bishops and episcopal institutions of Europe c…
Algorithmic Mediation, Trust, and Solidarity in the Post-Secular Age
This article examines how algorithmic mediation reshapes social trust and solidarity in the post-secular age. Historically grounded in shared moral horizons shaped by religion, tradition, and communal practices, trust has increasingly been displaced by technocratic governance, market rationality, and algorithmic systems that mediate work, cognition, communication, and political life. Through a critical analysis of contemporary developments—includ…
Religion and Society Interactions (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Nationalism (3 works)