Moralistic therapeutic deism is a term introduced in the book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (2005) by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton. The term (abbreviated MTD) is used to describe what they consider to be the common religious beliefs among American youth. The book is the result of a research project the, "National Study of Youth and Religion," privately funded by the Lilly Endowment - its both awesome and heartbreaking - check it out.
A VERY INTERESTING story on World Mag site about Phil Vischer, creator of VeggieTales.
Vischer acknowledge that looking . . .
“back at the previous 10 years and realized I had spent 10 years trying to convince kids to behave Christianly without actually teaching them Christianity [emphasis mine]. And that was a pretty serious conviction. You can say, ‘Hey kids, be more forgiving because the Bible says so,’ or ‘Hey kids, be more kind because the Bible says so!’ But that isn’t Christianity, it’s morality.”
I really hope that this trend of thinking continues within American Christianity because the so-called “christian” media promoted Christianity as morality for so many years most believe that Christianity is about morals, AND DON’T GET ME STARTED WITH MCGEE AND ME. UGH!
Read the whole article here : http://www.worldmag.com/articles/18626
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