| How do the psychotherapeutic and the theological relate to one another?;The method used in this study was that of engaging the two men in a dialogue: "a meeting of meaning" from their respective fields. Material was selected on the basis of operational value in the context and conduct of psychotherapy where questions of meaning and value inevitably assert themselves in the lives of clients in therapy.;The results from this study were: (1) that existential theology and existential psychology can dialogue meaningfully and usefully; (2) that both share common concern for the structures of personality; (3) that a confluence of thought did emerge supporting both disciplines--confluence meaning "a coming together or meeting to form one, as streams;" (4) that applying Tillich's ontology with May's psychology to an examination of the dynamics of guilt, a theory and strategy were provided that went beyond what theologian or therapist might do from their individual perspective.;This study proposes a concrete experiment to answer this question in an examination of dialogue between Paul Tillich and Rollo May. These men were selected because of their lived thirty year relationship (Chapter II), because of the similarity of their thought (Chapters IV and V), because of their interest in one another's work, because of the compatibility of their share existential orientation (Chapter III), because each identified himself by life and work as men "on the boundary" seeking to enrich their respective fields by reaching beyond them. |
