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Vitz criticizes [[liberalism]] and believes there is a link between fatherlessness and atheism, as he demonstrates in his book ''Faith of the Fatherless, the Psychology of [[Atheism]]''. In his book ''Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self Worship'' he contends that Psychology, based on current theories and practice, is often times damaging. By a series of 'blaming' incidents for childhood experiences and 'trauma', people have victimhood placed upon them and therefore become victims.<ref>http://www.articlecity.com/articles/religion/article_323.shtml</ref> | Vitz criticizes [[liberalism]] and believes there is a link between fatherlessness and atheism, as he demonstrates in his book ''Faith of the Fatherless, the Psychology of [[Atheism]]''. In his book ''Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self Worship'' he contends that Psychology, based on current theories and practice, is often times damaging. By a series of 'blaming' incidents for childhood experiences and 'trauma', people have victimhood placed upon them and therefore become victims.<ref>http://www.articlecity.com/articles/religion/article_323.shtml</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Works== | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=dl77RyqE4RgC ''Psychology As Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship''] (Wm. B. Eerdmans 1977, 1994 2nd Ed.) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=H26WAAAACAAJ ''Modern Art and Modern Science: The Parallel Analysis of Vision''], authored with Arnold B. Glimcher (Praeger, 1984) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=mO4XVlWV8fcC ''Sigmund Freud's Christian Unconscious''], Paul C. Vitz (Guilford Press, 1988) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=YQmsHgAACAAJ ''Censorship: Evidence of Bias in Our Children's Textbooks''] (Servant Books, 1986) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=IeUIAAAACAAJ ''Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism''] (Spence Publishing Company, 1999) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=at9hAAAACAAJ ''The Self: Beyond the Postmodern Crisis''], edited with Susan M. Felch (ISI Books, 2006) | ||
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Revision as of 01:50, December 18, 2008
Paul Vitz is a Psychology professor at New York University. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1957 and with a Ph.D in Psychology fromStanford University in 1962. An atheist until he was in his late 30s, he is now a practicing Roman Catholic.[1] His focus is on the connection between Christianity and Psychology.[2] He is a member of the fellowship of Catholic Scholars, but also has strong contact to Evangelical Protestant organizations and deeply religious Jews.[3]
Vitz criticizes liberalism and believes there is a link between fatherlessness and atheism, as he demonstrates in his book Faith of the Fatherless, the Psychology of Atheism. In his book Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self Worship he contends that Psychology, based on current theories and practice, is often times damaging. By a series of 'blaming' incidents for childhood experiences and 'trauma', people have victimhood placed upon them and therefore become victims.[4]
Works
- Psychology As Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship (Wm. B. Eerdmans 1977, 1994 2nd Ed.)
- Modern Art and Modern Science: The Parallel Analysis of Vision, authored with Arnold B. Glimcher (Praeger, 1984)
- Sigmund Freud's Christian Unconscious, Paul C. Vitz (Guilford Press, 1988)
- Censorship: Evidence of Bias in Our Children's Textbooks (Servant Books, 1986)
- Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism (Spence Publishing Company, 1999)
- The Self: Beyond the Postmodern Crisis, edited with Susan M. Felch (ISI Books, 2006)