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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gooch, Todd A., 1967-

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 293.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 293

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Religion.

Otto, Rudolf, 1869-1937.

Otto, Rudolf.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2000.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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.

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2013).

ISBN:

9783111752990

3111752992

9783110816860

3110816865

OCLC:

979585087