Christian Smith, author Soul Searching, has published a fascinating essay on-line on their characterization of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. it is worth reading carefully.
Update:
For some reason linking directly to the pdf doesn't work, so here is the Google html version which also provides a link to the pdf:
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:gKgmBsm0g1oJ:www.ptsem.edu/iym/lectures/2005/Smith-Moralistic.pdf+moralistic+therapeutic+deism&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Clint: The link to the essay is dead. can you repost?
ReplyDeleteThanks!