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Moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD) is a term that was first introduced in the book ''Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers'' (2005) by sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton. The term is used to describe what they consider to be the common religious beliefs among American youth.〔〔http://www.youthandreligion.org/news/2005-0929.html〕 The book is the result of a research project, the "National Study of Youth and Religion," privately funded by the Christianity-promoting Lilly Endowment. == Definition == The authors find that many young people believed in several moral statutes not exclusive to any of the major world religions. It is this combination of beliefs that they label Moralistic Therapeutic Deism: # A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth. # God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions. # The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself. # God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem. # Good people go to heaven when they die. These points of belief were compiled from interviews with approximately 3,000 teenagers.〔R. Albert Mohler, Jr., (Moralistic Therapeutic Deism--the New American Religion ), Christian Post, 18 April 2005.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moralistic therapeutic deism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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