Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Generation Me
In my opinion Religion is a big topic. You can go on about how big an effect it has on some people and how for others it is completely ignored or pushed away in every encounter. If Jean Twenge was to go into depth about religion in her book…it would be a very long chapter. There are so many different religions, beliefs, and the lack there of that for her to add a section on religion, it would take many more years of research and if she did a valid job, it would most likely double the size of the book, which is more or less the reason why she chose not to include a section on religion. The affect of the lack of religion in this book, stops many readers from seeing the whole picture of our generation. We seem to be broadening our horizons where as the generations before us stuck to the basics: Catholic, Jewish, and so on. By leaving out religion, I believe, that Jean Twenge left out a very big section on what our generation is like, because no matter what one believes in, that has a huge affect on what one person actually is. -Erica Childs
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I totally agree with Erica. Religion is a huge factor on how people think, how they act, and how they adapt and react. Religion may not be as big as an aspect now as it was decades and centuries preceeding ours, but it still plays a role in today's generation. If she wants to propose research on our generation then she should touch base on every situation/aspect that effects "our generation" instead of leaving it out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on how it would be a very long chapter, but in order to get the whole effect, Dr. Twenge should have spent longer on the book and published it with a COMPLETE chapter on religion. It just baffles me how she spent all this time talking about our generation and didn't include the most controversial topic. I don't know what she was thinking. I also agree with the fact that older generations stuck to the basics. It does seem that we are "broadening our horizons." I thought it was a great post. I enjoyed it. :)
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