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The idea of the holy : an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational
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The idea of the holy : an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational

Author: Rudolf Otto; John W Harvey
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1958.
Series: Galaxy book.
Edition/Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Since the English translation first appeared in 1923, Rudolf Otto's volume has established itself as a classic in the field of religious philosophy. It offers an in-depth inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Rudolf Otto; John W Harvey
ISBN: 0195002105 9780195002102
OCLC Number: 2680193
Notes: Translation of Das Heilige.
Description: xix, 232 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Forward by the Author to the First English Edition ----
1. The Rational and the Non-Rational ---
2. 'Numen' and the 'Numinous' ---
3. The Elements in the 'Numinous' ---
4. Mysterium Tremendum ---
5. The Analysis of 'Mysterium' ---
6. The Element of Fascination ---
7. Analogies and Associated Feelings ---
8. The Holy as a Category of Value ---
9. Means of Expression of the Numinous ---
10. The Numinous in the Old Testament ---
11. The Numinous in the New Testament ---
12. The Numinous in Luther ---
13. The Two Processes of Development ---
14. The Holy as an A Priori Category ---
15. Its Earliest Manifestations ---
16. The 'Cruder' Phases ---
17. The Holy as an A Priori Category ---
18. The Manifestations of the 'Holy' and the faculty of 'Divination' ---
19. Divination in Primitive Christianity ---
20. Divination in Christianity To-day ---
21. History and the A Priori in Religion: Summary and Conclusion ----
Appendixes. I. Chrysostom on the Inconceivable in God ---
II. The Numinous in Poetry, Hymn, and Liturgy ---
III. Original Numinous Sounds ---
IV. 'Spirit' and 'Soul' as Numinous Entities ---
V. The Supra-Personal in the Numinous ---
VI. The Mystical Element in Luther's Conception of Faith ---
VII. Signs Following ---
VIII. Silent Worship ---
IX. A Numinous Experience of John Ruskin ---
X. The Expression of the Numinous in English ---
XI. The Mysterlum Tremendum in Robertson and Watts ---
XII. The Resurrection as a Spiritual Experience ---
XIII. Religious Essays, A Supplement to The Idea of the Holy (O.U.P.) : table of contents.
Series Title: Galaxy book.
Other Titles: Heilige.
Inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational
Responsibility: by Rudolf Otto; translated by John W. Harvey.
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Since the English translation first appeared in 1923, Rudolf Otto's volume has established itself as a classic in the field of religious philosophy. It offers an in-depth inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational.

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