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A Reflective Intervention
No full textA Reflective Intervention is an interactive documentary which documents and engages individuals about their core beliefs, reflecting on generational shifts in ideas and practices. This project invites young people belonging to Generation Z to define their most salient core beliefs. In their own words, they reflect on the beliefs they wish to embody and pass along to generations to come. Often, the core beliefs or guiding principles that we hold are what help us understand how to adjudicate what is right or wrong, whether or not we believe in a higher power, and decide what impact we wish to leave on the world.
Historically, institutions of organized religion served as a foundational source for modeling and imposing core beliefs on the masses. However, the relationships young people in the United States currently have with these institutions has changed, and this project looks at the ways this change has shifted the core beliefs or guiding principles of Generation Z’.
Rather than this conversation be facilitated and defined by marketing teams, researchers, and psychologists, A Reflective Intervention is a call for these young voices to take up space and ownership in a conversation that is about and for them. I welcome you to take your time as you listen, watch, and click through the themes and individuals embedded in its pages
In the Eyes of God: The Role of Religion in the Lives of LGB Persons
Get PDFReligion and sexuality have long been conflicting in the lives of LGB Persons. If someone were to identify as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual, a conflicting understanding of religion may be present. This conflicting identity may be the cause of the negative perception of God that is examined in this study. Previous literature discusses the ways that religion has impacted the lives of LGB individuals; It has made the attempt to explain how religion may affect the mental health of participants or has tried to understand the stigma surrounding LGB individuals. In this study, I examine the extent to which sexual minorities have less confidence in the existence of God using the years 2008 to 2018. The sample in this study consists of 4792 non-institutionalized respondents from the General Social Survey. Results showed that identifying as Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual does bear significantly on having less confidence in the existence of God. Results indicate a negative relationship between religion and sexuality. Therefore, if one identifies as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual, their confidence in God decreases by -.316
