Word: ferrick
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...think that this is all connected by a need for personal meaning," Ferrick says. "Students seem to be less political than they used to be...and I think they are seeking community through religious groups...
...Ferrick says he regrets the shift from the broader social action of the 1960s to the "private and the personal" because "the foremost characteristic of an educated person is a social conscience...
...Indeed, Ferrick says that students aren't as interested as they used to be in international crises or in domestic ideological struggles...
...Their private needs are more important than their social ideals," Ferrick says...
...Whereas Ferrick focuses on political disenchantment, Steinberg, the director of Hillel takes a broader view. He points to the "collapse of ideologies" as the primary reason for students' returns to religion...