Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-worship

Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-worship by Paul C. Vitz. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780802816962.

A trenchant analysis of modern physchology—an enterprise that Paul Vitz maintains has become a religion, a secular cult of self, now part of the problem of modern life rather than part of its resolution. Virtually rewritten, this second edition of the original 1977 text takes into account much of what has happened in the field of psychology during the past seventeen years. Two completely new chapters are also included—one on education and "values clarification" and the other on New Age religion. By Dr. Paul C. Vitz. Paul C. Vitz, Ph.D. (Stanford University, 1962), is Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, New York University and Adjunct Professor, John Paul 11 Institute for Marriage and Family, Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and is in active contact with many Evangelical Protestants, e.g., Inter Varsity, and several