Format:
1 Online-Ressource (216 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350259461
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9781350259430
Content:
Introduction: The History of Religions and Otto's Perspectives on Religion -- 1. Otto's Lifetime as a Christian Theologian -- 2. Journeys to the East: India as the Foundation of Otto's Comparative Religion -- 3. Comparative Religious Perspectives on the Holy -- 4. Influences of the History-of-Religions School on Otto's Religious Theory -- 5. Parallelism of Mysticism in Religions East and West -- 6. The Concept of the "Wholly Other" and the Experience of the Depth -- 7. Vedanta Philosophy as the Discourse of Mystic Experience -- 8. Toward the Semantic Understanding of Religions Conclusion Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
"This book provides an up-to-date treatment of Rudolf Otto and his work, placing him in the context of comparative religion, theology, and the philosophy of religion. Yoshitsugu Sawai shows how Otto has "three faces": the Lutheran Theologian, the Philosopher of Religion, and the Comparative Religionist. The book also shows how, of these, Otto saw himself primarily as a Lutheran Theologian, and provides an account of Otto's engagement with India and the centrality that Hindu theology had on his thinking. In Otto's theory of religion, his well-known concepts including "wholly other" and "numinous" constitute a multiple structure of meaning. For example, his concept of the "wholly other" (das ganz Andere) no doubt has the meaning of "God" in his Christian theological studies. At the same time, however, from the perspective of comparative religion or the phenomenology of religion, this same term semantically implies the "ultimate reality" of other religious traditions; "Brahman" and "God" (Isvara) in Hindu religious tradition as well as "God" in Christianity."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350259478
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350259447
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350259478
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sawai, Yoshitsugu, 1951 - Rudolf Otto and the foundation of the history of religions London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023 ISBN 9781350259478
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350259447
Language:
English
Keywords:
Otto, Rudolf 1869-1937
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Religionsgeschichte
DOI:
10.5040/9781350259461
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