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Otto, Rudolf
Otto, Rudolf (1869–1937). Philosophical theologian and professor of systematic theology at the University of Marburg, 1917–29. He is most renowned for Das Heilige (1917, The Idea of the Holy), a Kantian analysis of the non-rational core of religion—the numinous experience—and its relation to the rational.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Otto, Rudolf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Otto, Rudolf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-OttoRudolf.html JOHN BOWKER. "Otto, Rudolf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-OttoRudolf.html |
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Otto, Rudolf
Otto, Rudolf (1869–1937), Protestant theologian. The central theme of Das Heilige (1917; Eng. tr., The Idea of the Holy, 1923) was insistence on the part played by the numinous in the religious consciousness.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Otto, Rudolf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Otto, Rudolf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-OttoRudolf.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Otto, Rudolf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-OttoRudolf.html |
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