moralistic therapeutic deism
nounEtymology
2005 neologism (coined by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton in Soul searching: the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers, Oxford University Press, 2005).
Definitions
A diffuse notion of theism and morality, which need not be tied to any particular…
A diffuse notion of theism and morality, which need not be tied to any particular religious creed, found to be common among early 21st century American teenagers.
Alternative form of moralistic therapeutic deism.
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