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'''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 from [[Stanford University]] in 1962. An atheist until he was in his late 30s, he is now a practicing Roman Catholic.<ref>http://www.boundless.org/2000/departments/isms/a0000223.html</ref> His focus is on the connection between [[Christianity]] and [[Psychology]].<ref>http://www.psych.nyu.edu/vitz/</ref> He is a member of the fellowship of [[Catholic]] Scholars, but also has strong contact to Evangelical [[Protestant]] organizations and deeply religious [[Jews]].<ref>http://www.paulvitz.com/Bio.html</ref>
'''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 from [[Stanford University]] in 1962. An atheist until he was in his late 30s, he is now a practicing Roman Catholic.<ref>http://www.boundless.org/2000/departments/isms/a0000223.html</ref> His focus is on the connection between [[Christianity]] and [[Psychology]].<ref>http://www.psych.nyu.edu/vitz/</ref> He is a member of the fellowship of [[Catholic]] Scholars, but also has strong contact to Evangelical [[Protestant]] organizations and deeply religious [[Jews]].<ref>http://www.paulvitz.com/Bio.html</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]]'' (1999). The thesis of ''Faith of the Fatherless'' holds that famous believers—e.g., [[Blaise Pascal]], [[Edmund Burke]], [[Friedrich Schleiermacher]], [[Karl Barth]], and [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]]—had strong and loving fathers, whereas their atheistic counterparts—e.g., [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[Voltaire]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Adolf Hitler]]—all had fathers who were weak, unloving, or absent. Thus, philosophers, professors, and political tyrants who denounce God do so in order to relive traumatic childhood experiences and to subconsciously seek out help rather than to explore any sort of valid or respectable reasoning process. (See: [[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]]).
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]]'' (1999). The thesis of ''Faith of the Fatherless'' holds that famous believers—e.g., [[Blaise Pascal]], [[Edmund Burke]], [[Friedrich Schleiermacher]], [[Karl Barth]], and [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]]—had strong and loving fathers, whereas their atheistic counterparts—e.g., [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[Voltaire]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Adolf Hitler]]—all had fathers who were weak, unloving, or absent. Thus, philosophers, professors, and political tyrants who denounce God do so in order to relive traumatic childhood experiences and to subconsciously seek out help rather than to explore any sort of valid or respectable reasoning process.
Frank L. Pasquale disputes the theory that absent/weak fathers are a causal factor of atheism in his journal article ''An Assessment of the Role of Early Parental Loss in the Adoption of Atheism or Irreligion'' (See: [[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]]).
In ''Modern art and modern science: the parallel analysis of vision'' (1984) Vitz and co-author Glimcher provide an illustrated guide showing how modern science—i.e., experimental psychology—has influenced modern art. The book has been widely reviewed and well received.<ref>
In ''Modern art and modern science: the parallel analysis of vision'' (1984) Vitz and co-author Glimcher provide an illustrated guide showing how modern science—i.e., experimental psychology—has influenced modern art. The book has been widely reviewed and well received.<ref>