Moralistic Therapeutic Holiness: A Catholic Defense of Philosophy as Therapy for the Soul

Christian Smith has described the religious attitudes of American youth and many adults as Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. In this formulation the word "therapeutic" does much work, and is meant to indicate that the goal of life is to be happy, to which end religion is instrumental. Martha N...

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Subtitles:Themenheft - "The Diakonia of Truth"
Main Author: Moloney, Daniel Patrick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2021
In: Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2021, Volume: 95, Pages: 165-180
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
KDB Roman Catholic Church
VA Philosophy
ZD Psychology
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