Cultural Studies paper by Szabó, Éva
Orly Museum of Hungarian Culture, California

The Impact of the Pandemic Crisis on Women's Value Judgements: A Study of Hungarian Women With Close Ties to Church Congregations (Accepted)

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The present study is part of a larger research on the impact of the pandemic crisis caused by Covid-19 on women's value judgements. During the second wave, i.e. the first quarter of 2021, the question arose as to how the members of women's associations, closely linked to church congregations, responded to the pandemic crisis that placed an increased burden on them, whether they were able to adapt to the new situation in a short time, so that they could meet their basic need for faith and communication, support and care for each other, used as a coping and defence mechanism. A total of 70 Transylvanian (Romanian-Hungarian) and American-Hungarian women participated in the questionnaire survey, supplemented by in-depth interviews. The study also aims to explore the extent to which the members of women's associations have been affected by the pandemic crisis, whether their attitudes towards each other, their approach to everyday life and their faith have changed, and last but not least, what differences there might be between the attitudes of Hungarian women in Transylvania and in the US.


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Teacher, journalist, editor and presenter of public and religious television programs. During my theological master's studies, I made programs and conducted research on the religious and cultural life of the Hungarians of the scatter and the diaspora. I was the organizer and editor, as well as the moderator of the online professional forum (https://rt.ubbcluj.ro/karantortenetek/) talked about pandemic strategies.
I am a member of the cross-border professional project "Helping Ethical Opinion Formation", which makes the literature available through translations and publications. As part of my current doctoral studies, I explore the effects of digital theology, the moral and moral connections between social identity, social media, and society, as a result of the advancement of digital technology, by mapping the contemporary English-language literature.