Generation Z Has Not Moved Away from the Heyat

Gen Z is not turned away from congregations; it awaits a fresh language. At a time when social networks and external narratives play an increasingly significant role in shaping the minds of adolescents and young adults, the issue of the new generation's connection with religious rituals is less about changing beliefs than about shifts in educational pathways and the fading of dialogue. Religious experience, in order to have renewed impact, requires audience understanding, gradual accompaniment, and the creation of new communicative languages more than ever before. Hojjatoleslam Alavi, a seminary instructor, disagrees with the notion that traditional congregations and mourning rituals have necessarily become disconnected from today's generation's concerns. Some of the young people who have distanced themselves from these spaces are not necessarily opposed to religion or ritual; rather, they possess inquisitive, ambiguous, and sometimes unanswered minds.