Psychological Reports · 1993 · 16 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesPhilosophyPsychiatryHermeneuticsPhenomenologyTheologyHuman ConditionReligious ExperienceTranscendental PhenomenologyMessianic IdentityNarratives Of TeleologySubjective TeleologyTeleological ArgumentationTeleology CritiqueTeleology In NarrativeTeleosemantic Theory
This paper describes how a paranoid patient, having feelings of guilt and fear and a messianic grandiosity, may construct a teleology based on cosmic bisexuality, by which meaning may be given to his suffering.