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Moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD) is a term that was first introduced in the 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by the sociologist Christian Smith [1] with Melinda Lundquist Denton. [2] The term is used to describe what they consider to be the common beliefs among young people in the United States.
Christian Stephen Smith (born 1960) is an American sociologist, currently the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.Smith's research focuses primarily on religion in modernity, adolescents and emerging adults, sociological theory, philosophy of science, the science of generosity, American evangelicalism, and culture. [2]
Democrats need to engage in soul-searching to understand why they lost touch with the working class, but the American people also need to do some soul-searching about what's wrong with us, as ...
Transformational Prayer Ministry (formerly Theophostic counseling) was developed in the United States during the mid-1990s by Ed Smith, a Baptist minister. [1] [2]Its name comes from the Greek theo (' God ') and quasi-Greek phostic (' light '), and it is often associated with the Christian Inner Healing Movement.
Christian Smith (musician), bassoonist at Brigham Young University; Christian Smith (DJ), Swedish DJ and producer; Christian Jollie Smith (1885–1963), socialist lawyer and co-founder of the Communist Party of Australia; Christen Smith (1785–1816), Norwegian naturalist whose name is sometimes spelled Christian Smith or Chretien Smith
Soul Searching or Soul Searchin' may refer to: Soul Searching (Average White Band album), 1976; Soul Searching (Shirley Scott album), 1959; Soul Searchin' (Glenn Frey album), 1988 "Soul Searchin'" (Glenn Frey song), the album's title track "Soul Searching", a Ronnie Earl album, 1988 "Soul Searchin'" (Brian Wilson and Andy Paley song), 1990s
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought (1995) says, "There is no concept of an immortal soul in the Old Testament, nor does the New Testament ever call the human soul immortal." [ 221 ] Harper's Bible Dictionary (1st ed. 1985) says that "For a Hebrew, 'soul' indicated the unity of a human person; Hebrews were living bodies, they ...
Excerpt from Waking Up read by Sam Harris on his podcast.. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion is a 2014 book by Sam Harris that discusses a wide range of topics including secular spirituality (essentially within the context of spiritual naturalism), the illusion of the self, psychedelics, and meditation.