Religion and Spirituality in Hungarian Eco-Villages

Sustainability discourses and criticisms of modernization speak to spiritual and moral crises as well as ecological, economic and social ones. Beyond a green ideology, the inhabitants of Hungarian eco-villages are involved with a variety of other worldviews and groups related to the supernatural: with traditional religions, new religious communities, different kinds of spiritual movements and to groups that are committed to what their members consider to be traditional, ancient Hungarian culture alike. Each community is characterized by the presence of elements of eco-spirituality, a holistic attitude and nature faith at some level. In this paper, I discuss the role of religion, belief and spirituality in the life of Hungarian eco-villages.