PT Journal
AU Valcova, K
   Pavlikova, M
   Roubalova, M
TI Religious Existentialism as a Countermeasure to Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
SO Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina
PY 2016
BP 98
EP 104
VL 18
IS 3
DI 10.26552/com.C.2016.3.98-104
WP https://komunikacie.uniza.sk/artkey/csl-201603-0017.php
DE religious existentialism; tradition; moralistic therapeutic deism; consequential faith; Kierkegaard
SN 13354205
AB Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD) is a new spiritual trend that is increasingly changing the religious landscape of in the Euro-American cultural provenience. Though appealing to the generation of 'emerging adults' (age 18-25), MTD results in undesirable life-outcomes that prompt religious scholars, theologians, and sociologists to carefully study its roots, expressions, and possible alternatives. Using S. Kierkegaard's religious existentialism as a case study, the authors argue that religious existentialism has the potential to face the detrimental effects of MTD and to reinvigorate stagnating religious communities.
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