What is the theological background of the WWJD movement? What Would Jesus Do? The question is a popular meme, and I guess you could call it a youth movement what with all the bracelets and such.



What is the theological background of the WWJD movement? Which doctrines are used to argue that WWJD? is an important question to ask oneself?
There are many scriptures which say we ought to do as Jesus Christ did:

John 13:15 (KJV)
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
1 Peter 2:21 (KJV)
21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1 John 2:6 (KJV)
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

But that doesn't necessarily mean that those passages are what actually spawned the movement. Wikipedia has details on the origin of WWJD.