Psychology as religion :
Vitz, Paul C., 1935-
Psychology as religion : the cult of self-worship / Paul C. Vitz. - 2nd ed. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle, UK : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ; Paternoster Press, 1994. - xviii, 173 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Major Theorists. Carl Jung. Erich Fromm. Carl Rogers. Abraham Maslow. Rollo May and Existential Philosophy -- Self-Theory for Everybody. Self-Esteem. The Self-Serving Bias. Encounter Groups. Recovery Groups. Self-Helpers. est and Forum. Self-Help Sex -- Selfism as Bad Science. Psychiatry, Biology, and Experimental Psychology. Are We Intrinsically All That Good? -- From a Philosophical Point of View. A Question of Definitions. The Empty Self. A Basic Contradiction. Browning's Critique. Ethical and Scientific Misrepresentations -- Selfism and the Family. The Isolated Individual. Self-Theory and Divorce. Parents as the Source of Our Troubles. Christianity and the Family -- 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? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Conclusion: Why Values Clarification Must Be Rejected -- 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 -- Selfism and Christianity: Historical Antecedents. Feuerbach. American Sources. Fosdick and Peale. Pietism. The Special Case of Carl Rogers -- 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 -- 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 -- A Political Response. The Problem for Psychology. The Problem for Christianity -- Beyond the Secular Self. The Bias in Being "Objective" The Object's Revenge. The Dilemma of Existential Narcissism. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Escape from the Self -- A New Christian Future? The End of Modern Heroism. The Failure of Careerism. The Tribalist Temptation. The Emerging Opportunity. 13.
0802807259 (pbk.) 0853646198
94001721
Psychology and religion.
Psychology--Philosophy.
Christianity--Psychology.
Self-worship--Controversial literature.
BF51 / .V58 1994
Psychology as religion : the cult of self-worship / Paul C. Vitz. - 2nd ed. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle, UK : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ; Paternoster Press, 1994. - xviii, 173 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Major Theorists. Carl Jung. Erich Fromm. Carl Rogers. Abraham Maslow. Rollo May and Existential Philosophy -- Self-Theory for Everybody. Self-Esteem. The Self-Serving Bias. Encounter Groups. Recovery Groups. Self-Helpers. est and Forum. Self-Help Sex -- Selfism as Bad Science. Psychiatry, Biology, and Experimental Psychology. Are We Intrinsically All That Good? -- From a Philosophical Point of View. A Question of Definitions. The Empty Self. A Basic Contradiction. Browning's Critique. Ethical and Scientific Misrepresentations -- Selfism and the Family. The Isolated Individual. Self-Theory and Divorce. Parents as the Source of Our Troubles. Christianity and the Family -- 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? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Conclusion: Why Values Clarification Must Be Rejected -- 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 -- Selfism and Christianity: Historical Antecedents. Feuerbach. American Sources. Fosdick and Peale. Pietism. The Special Case of Carl Rogers -- 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 -- 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 -- A Political Response. The Problem for Psychology. The Problem for Christianity -- Beyond the Secular Self. The Bias in Being "Objective" The Object's Revenge. The Dilemma of Existential Narcissism. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Escape from the Self -- A New Christian Future? The End of Modern Heroism. The Failure of Careerism. The Tribalist Temptation. The Emerging Opportunity. 13.
0802807259 (pbk.) 0853646198
94001721
Psychology and religion.
Psychology--Philosophy.
Christianity--Psychology.
Self-worship--Controversial literature.
BF51 / .V58 1994