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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453407003321

Autore

Gooch Todd A. <1967->

Titolo

The numinous and modernity : an interpretation of Rudolf Otto's philosophy of religion / / Todd A. Gooch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 2000

ISBN

3-11-175299-2

3-11-081686-5

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; ; Bd. 293

Classificazione

BC 7525

Disciplina

210/.92

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Claremont Graduate University, 1999, originally presented under the title: Rudolf Otto, holiness, and the disenchantment of the world.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Otto as Heir and Interpreter of Schleiermacher's Speeches on Religion -- Chapter Two. The Kantian-Friesian Philosophy of Religion -- Chapter Three. The Psychology and History of Religion in Otto's Thought -- Chapter Four. Otto's Investigation of the Holy -- Chapter Five. Das Heilige and German "Irrationalism" after the First World War -- Chapter Six. The Concept of Value in Otto's Later Thought -- Chapter Seven. Das Heilige and the Religious Ambivalence of Modernity -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The author traces the development of Rudolf Otto's attempt to construct a normative science of religion. This should respond to concerns facing Protestant theologians in Germany at the turn of the century. Moreover, he examines the reception of Otto's ideas after World War One. The volume contains name and subject indexes.