{"id":3734,"date":"2003-11-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2003\/11\/25\/2003-11-25-students-get-religion-at-college\/"},"modified":"2003-11-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-11-25T12:00:00","slug":"2003-11-25-students-get-religion-at-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2003\/11\/25\/2003-11-25-students-get-religion-at-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Get Religion at College"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MIAMI, U.S.A, November. 22, 2003: Religion has become one of the hottest areas of study in campuses across the United States. Since the late ’90s, members of Generation Y (see next paragraph for a definition) have been taking classes to help explain the world as well as find themselves a religion, often by mixing and matching beliefs. Universities are responding by offering more religion classes, from an overview of the world’s faiths to concentrated looks at each. The University of Miami’s enrollment in religious studies classes has almost doubled in less than five years to this fall’s 921 students. Nathan Katz, chairman of Florida International University’s Department of Religious Studies, sees the increased enrollment as a sign of the resurgence of spirituality in the last decade. Why are Generation Y’ers interested — they seek religion classes out of curiosity and a need to understand current events. “It’s also a way to find yourself,” says Matt Oglesby, a 21-year-old transfer student from California who says he grew up with no religion. He is now enrolled in a Florida International University Buddhist class and is thinking of earning a master’s in Buddhism. Many students are also on a pilgrimage to learn about their family faith — the rituals, customs and traditions their Boomer parents may have abandoned.

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\nHPI googled “Generation Y” and came up with these definitions of recent American generations provided by the “Department of Translation Studies” at Finland’s University of Tampere. These terms are commonly used in the advertising industry. HPI does not attest to the blanket accuracy of the characteristics…

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\nBaby Boom Generation (1943-1960) or (1946-1955) or (1946-1964)

\nThe current 36-53- year-olds. “Boomers” have a strong set of ideals and traditions, and are very family-oriented. They are fearful of the future, politically conservative and active and rather liberal socially.

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\nGeneration X (1961-1981) or (1965-1976)

\nThe current 15-35- year-olds, who live in the present, like to experiment, and expect immediate results. Xers are selfish and cynical, and depend a lot on their parents. They question authority and feel they carry the burden of the previous generations.

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\nGeneration Y (1979-1994) (1977-1994) (1989-1993)?

\nCurrently age 14 and younger, very materialistic, selfish, and disrespectful — but also very aware of the world and very technologically literate. They are trying to grow-up too fast, and have no good role models to look towards.

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