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GenerationalGenerational CulturesCultures

An Introduction

CultureCulture

rituals jokes written rules

Conscious myths clothing

Subconscious symbols

values unwritten rules

time perception assumptions

word meanings truth

Dimensions of CultureDimensions of Culture

Material CultureMaterial CultureArtifacts

MaterialMaterial CultureCultureArtifactsSpatial Arrangements

Behavioral CultureBehavioral CultureRules

Behavioral CultureBehavioral CultureRulesSlang/Jargon Get ‘R Done

Groovy Wazzup?

imho 10-4, Good Buddy

bling Grand Silence

Behavioral CultureBehavioral CultureRulesSlang/JargonRituals

ValuesValuesDesirable Personal Characteristics

Desirable Outcomes

Emotional Connotations

Cognitive CultureCognitive CultureTruth

Cognitive CultureCognitive CultureTruthTime

Cognitive CultureCognitive CultureTruthTimeHuman Nature

Cognitive CultureCognitive CultureTruthTimeHuman NatureCause and Effect

Cognitive Cognitive CultureCultureTruthTimeHuman NatureCause and EffectShared Meanings

Cultural DifferencesCultural DifferencesFrom country to country

From ethnic group to ethnic group

From one socio-economic class to another

Between “straights” and “gays”

Between men and women

Cultural DifferencesCultural DifferencesFrom country to country

From ethnic group to ethnic group

From one socio-economic class to another

Between “straights” and “gays”

Between men and women

Between generations

The Roots of The Roots of Generational CulturesGenerational Cultures

Pre-birth “Experiences”Pre-birth “Experiences”

Questions?Questions?

Crystallizing EventsCrystallizing Events

Yes, VirginiaYes, VirginiaThere IS a Generation Gap!

“All later experiences thus tend to receive their meaning from this original set, whether they appear as its verification and fulfillment or its negation and antithesis… Any two generations following one another always fight different opponents, both within and without. While the older people may still be fighting one battle, in such a fashion that all their feelings and efforts and even their concepts and categories of thought are determined by that adversary, for the younger people, this adversary may be simply non-existent: their primary orientation is an entirely different one.” (Karl Mannheim)

Generations in Generations in Religious LifeReligious Life

Generational CulturesGenerational CulturesIn the United States

The Greatest The Greatest Generation:Generation:1915-19291915-1929

The Silent GenerationThe Silent Generation1930-19451930-1945

The Baby BoomersThe Baby Boomers1946-19611946-1961

Generation XGeneration X1962-19811962-1981

MillennialsMillennials1982-19951982-1995

The Next GenerationThe Next Generation1996-??? 1996-???

The Gift of GenerationsThe Gift of Generations

“It is important that people of different generations speak to one another, or everyone loses out.”