A revised theoretical and clinical account is offered of the inter-digitation of preoedipal and oedipal factors in the formation of religious object representations and the “latent theologies” through which such representations gain expression. The psychoanalysis of a schizoid male is detailed illustrating the unique contribution of transference-countertransference communication to the analytic couple's capacity to representationalize the interleafing layers of dynamic and object relational factors that underlay the patient's faith positions.