Professor Emeritus of Psychology Research
Art and ReligionReligion, especially Christianity, and psychology; personality
theory; moral development; psychology and art. back to the top
Biography
Ph.D. 1962 (motivation, experimental psychology), Stanford University B.A.
1957 (psychology), University of Michigan back to the top
Selected Publications
Vitz, P.C. (1999). Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism Dallas,
TX: Spence. Vitz, P.C. (1998). A preferential option for the family?:
Political and religious responses. The Family in America, 12 (6), 1-8.
Vitz, P.C., & Mango, P. (1997). Kleinen psychodynamics and religious
aspects of hatred as a defense mechanism. Psychology and Theology, 25,
64-71. Vitz, P.C., & Mango, P. (1997). Kernbergian psychodynamics
and religious aspects of the forgiveness process. Psychology and Theology,
25, 72-80. Vitz, P.C. (1997). A Christian theory of personality.
In R. Roberts and M. Talbot (Eds.), Limning the psyche: Explorations in Christian
psychology (pp. 20-40). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Vitz, P.C. (1994). Psychology as religion: The cult of self-worship.
Second edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company. Vitz,
P.C. (1990). The use of stories in moral development: new psychological reasons
for an old education method. American Psychologist, 45, 709-720.
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Address
Paul C. Vitz
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, Room 550
New York, NY 10003
(212)-998-7858 fax (212)-995-4018 see also http://www.paulvitz.com
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