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 seriously committed Jews. Besides, his interest in how things religious relate to psychology, he is also involved in the general topic of psychology and art (So far none of his work relevant to this topic is on this web site.) 
 
 

He has published over 100 articles and essays and the following books: 

  • Psychology as religion: The cult of self-worship (2nd ed., Eerdmans, 1994, original ed., 1977) (Contact W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 255 Jefferson Ave., S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503; phone 616-459-4591. Also available at Amazon.com.)

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  • Modern art and modern science: The parallel analysis of vision (Praeger/Greenwood, 1984) (out of print)

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  • Censorship: Evidence of bias in Our Children’s textbooks (Servant, 1986) (out of print)

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  • Sigmund Freud’s Christian Unconscious (Guilford, 1988; Eerdmans paperback, 1992) (available from author: see home page)

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  • Defending the family: A sourcebook (1998). Paul C. Vitz and Stephen M. Krason (Eds.) (Catholic Social Science Press: Steubenville, OH 43952. Distributed by Franciscan University Press; phone 800-783-6357)

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    [Some or all of these titles may be available from Internet used book websites, viz., Bibliofind.com and Bookfinder.com.]

His work focuses on the relationship between psychology and Christianity. He is presently working on the following topics: a Christian theory of personality, and the psychology of hatred and forgiveness. He is also doing work on moral development and on character/virtue education with school-aged young people, and he has written on the topic of fatherhood and the family and is author of a forthcoming book tentatively titled Defective fathers: Psychological origins of atheism (Dallas, TX: Spence). 

Prof. Vitz lives in Manhattan (Greenwich Village) with his wife Evelyn Timmie Birge Vitz, who is a Professor of French at NYU, and their six children. 

Dr. Vitz may be contacted at NYU as follows:
 
  NYU Department of Psychology
Washington Place, Room 579
New York, NY 10003
email: vitz@psych.nyu.edu


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