| | 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> | | 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> |
| − | In ''Censorship: Evidence of bias in our children's textbooks'' (1986) Vitz shows how "a widespread secular and liberal mindset" within the professional education community has resulted in the removal of conservative religious, family, and economic descriptions of American life from children's textbooks<ref> ''Library Journal'', Patricia Smith Butcher, 1987 </ref>. Even a person holding to the idea of a "noble pagan" believing in the virtues of hard work, discipline, patriotism, and concern for others has good reason to reject all state-approved social studies textbooks. For the sentimentalized propoganda of gradeschool textbooks scoffs at even these beliefs by censorship through their exclusion. Through the absence of such ideas, these textbooks make millions of Americans who hold traditional views of marriage, business, and politics seem alien and on the fringe.<ref> ''Censorship: Evidence of Bias in Our Children's textbooks'', [[Paul C. Vitz]], p. 77-78 </ref> | + | In ''Censorship: Evidence of bias in our children's textbooks'' (1986) Vitz shows how "a widespread secular and liberal mindset" within the professional education community has resulted in the removal of conservative religious, family, and economic descriptions of American life from children's textbooks<ref> ''Library Journal'', Patricia Smith Butcher, 1987 </ref>. Even a person holding to the idea of a "noble pagan" believing in the virtues of hard work, discipline, patriotism, and concern for others has good reason to reject all state-approved social studies textbooks. For the sentimentalized propoganda of gradeschool textbooks scoffs at even these beliefs by censorship through their exclusion. Through the absence of such ideas, these textbooks make millions of Americans who hold traditional views on marriage, business, and politics seem alien and on the fringe.<ref> ''Censorship: Evidence of Bias in Our Children's textbooks'', [[Paul C. Vitz]], p. 77-78 </ref> |