Holy, Idea of The
HOLY, IDEA OF THE. [This entry attempts an assessment of the role of the German theologian Rudolf Otto and his book The Idea of the Holy in setting forth a distinctively phenomenolog...
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Otto, Rudolf
OTTO, RUDOLF. Rudolf Otto (1869–1937) was a German systematic theologian who contributed especially to the philosophy and history of religion. As a liberal theologian or, more accu...
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Otto, Rudolf(1869–1937)
Rudolf Otto, the German theologian, was born at Peine in Hanover. He studied at Erlangen and Göttingen, where he became a Privatdozent in systematic theology in 1...
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In the following essay originally published in 1922 in the Martin Buber journal Der Jude, Strauss relates Otto's The Idea of the Holy to European Judaism.
It often happens in the Zionist you...
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In the following essay, Ballard examines Otto's phenomenology of the numinous and Heidegger's "ontological inquiry" as set out in his Being and Time.
In what follows I w...
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In the following essay, Davidson examines the influence of The Idea of the Holy and several of Otto's other major works on modern religious studies.
The leadership of German thought has been...
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In the following essay, Wach presents an overview of Otto's life, works, and impact on modern European theology.
Two theological books profoundly impressed the generation of students which p...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1959 in The Church Quarterly Review, Smart contends that Otto misunderstood the notion of nirvana, thus throwing into confusion his notion of the numino...
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In the following essay, Varnado examines the place of the numinous experience in Gothic literature.
One of the engaging aspects of modern literary criticism has been the enthusiastic acceptance of ...
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In the following essay, Bastow examines the phenomenological aspects of Otto's religious theory.
The basic position of Otto in The Idea of the Holy2 may be stated as follows:
All religion...
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In the following essay, Lopez compares Otto's idea of the numinous with that of Tibetan Buddhist scholars, particularly the "mysterium tremendum."
In Oriental art there may be ...
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In the following essay, Almond explains major influences on Otto's thought.
The Rational and the Nonrational
In Otto's mature philosophy, religions are viewed as consisting of both ra...
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In the following essay, Lattke discusses Otto's friendship with and intellectual split from Rudolf Bultmann at the University at Marburg.
Rudolf Otto (1869-1937),1 well known for his book Th...
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Holy, Idea of The
Otto, Rudolf (1869–1937)
Critical Essay by Leo Strauss
