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Psychology as religion : the cult of self-worship / Paul C. Vitz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ; Carlisle, UK : Paternoster Press, 1994.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 173 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802807259 (pbk.)
  • 0853646198
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF51 .V58 1994
Contents:
1. The Major Theorists. Carl Jung. Erich Fromm. Carl Rogers. Abraham Maslow. Rollo May and Existential Philosophy -- 2. Self-Theory for Everybody. Self-Esteem. The Self-Serving Bias. Encounter Groups. Recovery Groups. Self-Helpers. est and Forum. Self-Help Sex -- 3. Selfism as Bad Science. Psychiatry, Biology, and Experimental Psychology. Are We Intrinsically All That Good? -- 4. From a Philosophical Point of View. A Question of Definitions. The Empty Self. A Basic Contradiction. Browning's Critique. Ethical and Scientific Misrepresentations -- 5. Selfism and the Family. The Isolated Individual. Self-Theory and Divorce. Parents as the Source of Our Troubles. Christianity and the Family -- 6. Self-Theory and the Schools. Values Clarification. Self-Theory Again. A Philosophical Critique. A Critique of Procedures and Strategies. Research Evaluating Values Clarification. A Violation of Privacy Critique. Why Has Values Clarification Been So Popular?
Conclusion: Why Values Clarification Must Be Rejected -- 7. Selfism and Today's Society. A Creed for the Youth and Yuppie Culture. A Nation of Victims. Selfism and Language. Psychology for a Consumer Society -- 8. Selfism and Christianity: Historical Antecedents. Feuerbach. American Sources. Fosdick and Peale. Pietism. The Special Case of Carl Rogers -- 9. Psychology and the New Age Movement. Social and Economic Support for New Age. Psychological Origins of New Age. New Age as a New Gnosticism. New Age Spirituality: From Psychological to Spiritual Self-Worship -- 10. A Christian Critique. Selfism as Idolatry. The Problem of Depression. The Problem of the Human Doormat. Christian Love and Selfist Love. Creativity and the Creator. The Nature of Suffering -- 11. A Political Response. The Problem for Psychology. The Problem for Christianity -- 12. Beyond the Secular Self. The Bias in Being "Objective" The Object's Revenge. The Dilemma of Existential Narcissism.
Escape from the Self -- 13. A New Christian Future? The End of Modern Heroism. The Failure of Careerism. The Tribalist Temptation. The Emerging Opportunity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Major Theorists. Carl Jung. Erich Fromm. Carl Rogers. Abraham Maslow. Rollo May and Existential Philosophy -- 2. Self-Theory for Everybody. Self-Esteem. The Self-Serving Bias. Encounter Groups. Recovery Groups. Self-Helpers. est and Forum. Self-Help Sex -- 3. Selfism as Bad Science. Psychiatry, Biology, and Experimental Psychology. Are We Intrinsically All That Good? -- 4. From a Philosophical Point of View. A Question of Definitions. The Empty Self. A Basic Contradiction. Browning's Critique. Ethical and Scientific Misrepresentations -- 5. Selfism and the Family. The Isolated Individual. Self-Theory and Divorce. Parents as the Source of Our Troubles. Christianity and the Family -- 6. Self-Theory and the Schools. Values Clarification. Self-Theory Again. A Philosophical Critique. A Critique of Procedures and Strategies. Research Evaluating Values Clarification. A Violation of Privacy Critique. Why Has Values Clarification Been So Popular?

Conclusion: Why Values Clarification Must Be Rejected -- 7. Selfism and Today's Society. A Creed for the Youth and Yuppie Culture. A Nation of Victims. Selfism and Language. Psychology for a Consumer Society -- 8. Selfism and Christianity: Historical Antecedents. Feuerbach. American Sources. Fosdick and Peale. Pietism. The Special Case of Carl Rogers -- 9. Psychology and the New Age Movement. Social and Economic Support for New Age. Psychological Origins of New Age. New Age as a New Gnosticism. New Age Spirituality: From Psychological to Spiritual Self-Worship -- 10. A Christian Critique. Selfism as Idolatry. The Problem of Depression. The Problem of the Human Doormat. Christian Love and Selfist Love. Creativity and the Creator. The Nature of Suffering -- 11. A Political Response. The Problem for Psychology. The Problem for Christianity -- 12. Beyond the Secular Self. The Bias in Being "Objective" The Object's Revenge. The Dilemma of Existential Narcissism.

Escape from the Self -- 13. A New Christian Future? The End of Modern Heroism. The Failure of Careerism. The Tribalist Temptation. The Emerging Opportunity.

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