Moralistic therapeutic deism 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 (abbreviated MTD) is used to describe what they consider to be the common religious beliefs among American youth. It has also been referred to as egonovism. The book is the result of a research project, the "National Study of Youth and Religion," privately funded by the Lilly Endowment.
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