UID:
edocfu_9959233945202883
Format:
1 online resource (248 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2012
ISBN:
3-11-175299-2
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3-11-081686-5
Series Statement:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 293
Content:
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.
Note:
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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Frontmatter --
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Preface: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgements --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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Chapter One. Otto as Heir and Interpreter of Schleiermacher's Speeches on Religion --
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Chapter Two. The Kantian-Friesian Philosophy of Religion --
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Chapter Three. The Psychology and History of Religion in Otto's Thought --
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Chapter Four. Otto's Investigation of the Holy --
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Chapter Five. Das Heilige and German "Irrationalism" after the First World War --
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Chapter Six. The Concept of Value in Otto's Later Thought --
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Chapter Seven. Das Heilige and the Religious Ambivalence of Modernity --
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Bibliography --
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Index of Names --
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Backmatter
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-016799-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-27629-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
DOI:
10.1515/9783110816860
