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1 online resource (248 pages). |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 293
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 293.
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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. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE IMPACT OF DAS HEILIGE AND THE PECULIARITY OF ITS RECEPTION -- II. A REVIEW OF SELECTED LITERATURE ON OTTO -- III. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PRESENT STUDY -- IV. HERMENEUTICAL REMARKS -- CHAPTER ONE. OTTO AS HEIR AND INTERPRETER OF SCHLEIERMACHER'S SPEECHES ON RELIGION -- I. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF OTTO'S RECEPTION OF SCHLEIERMACHER -- II. "HOW SCHLEIERMACHER REDISCOVERED RELIGION" -- III. THE ESSENCE (WESEN) OF RELIGION IN THE SPEECHES. |
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IV. BLUEPRINT FOR A THEOLOGICAL SCIENCE OF RELIGION -- CHAPTER TWO. THE KANTIAN-FRIESIAN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION -- I. OTTO, TROELTSCH AND THE SEARCH FOR THE RELIGIOUS A PRIORI -- II. RELIGIOUS FEELING AND THE CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY -- III. AESTHETIC JUDGMENT, AHNDUNG AND THE COMMUNICABILITY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE -- IV. THE THREAT OF HISTORICISM AND THE "TESTIMONIUM SPIRITUS SANCTI INTERNUM" -- CHAPTER THREE. THE PSYCHOLOGY AND HISTORY OF RELIGION IN OTTO'S THOUGHT -- I. OTTO'S CRITIQUE OF WUNDT'S THEORY OF ANIMISM. |
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II. OTTO AS PRACTITIONER OF VERSTEHENDE PSYCHOLOGY -- III. OTTO AND THE SEARCH FOR THE ORIGIN OF RELIGION -- IV. THE HISTORY OF RELIGION FROM WITHIN -- CHAPTER FOUR. OTTO'S INVESTIGATION OF THE HOLY -- I. THE NUMINOUS AS AN INDEPENDENT CATEGORY OF RELIGIOUS VALUE -- II. THE VARIOUS MOMENTS OF THE NUMINOUS -- III. AESTHETIC ANALOGIES AND THE SUBLIMATION OF THE NUMINOUS -- IV. THE RELIGIOUS A PRIORI AND THE HISTORY OF RELIGION -- CHAPTER FIVE. DAS HEILIGE AND GERMAN "IRRATIONALISM" AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR. |
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I. OTTO'S ENIGMATIC RELATION TO THE "MOOD OF THE TIMES" -- II. THE NUMINOUS, ERLEBNIS AND LEBENSPHILOSOPHIE -- III. "THE DIONYSIAN EFFECT OF THE NUMEN" -- IV. OTTO'S RESPONSE TO NIETZSCHE AND KLAGES IN THE LECTURES ON ETHICS -- CHAPTER SIX. THE CONCEPT OF VALUE IN OTTO'S LATER THOUGHT -- I. THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ETHICS OF VALUE -- II. OTTO'S ETHICS OF VALUE -- III. ETHICS AND RELIGION IN OTTO'S LATER THOUGHT -- IV. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF OTTO'S POSITION. |
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CHAPTER SEVEN. DAS HEILIGE AND THE RELIGIOUS AMBIVALENCE OF MODERNITY -- I. OTTO'S DIAGNOSIS OF THE MODERN RELIGIOUS SITUATION -- II. THE MARGINALIZATION OF THE NUMINOUS IN THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST -- III. HOW OTTO REDISCOVERED "RELIGION" -- IV. THEOLOGY IN THE IRON CAGE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Otto, Rudolf, 1869-1937.
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Otto, Rudolf, 1869-1937. |
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Das Heilige. |
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Religion -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century.
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Religion -- Philosophy. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Gooch, Todd A., 1967- Numinous and modernity 3110167999 (DLC) 00064392 (OCoLC)45044260 |
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9783110816860 (e-book) |
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3110816865 (e-book) |
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3110167999 |
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9783110167993 |
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9783111752990 |
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9783110167993 |
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9783111752990 |
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3111752992 (Mixed Media) |
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9783111752990 |
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