Rudolf Otto: Parallelen und Wertunterschiede im Christentum und Buddhatum
This is a new (and for the first time complete) edition of a speech about Buddhism by Rudolf Otto from 1913. This speech is his first academic reflexion of his journey around the world and his most detailed explanation of his view on this religion. In the first part of his speech Otto compares Buddh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 311-350 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Otto, Rudolf 1869-1937
/ Christianity
/ Buddhism
/ Religious philosophy
/ Geschichte 1930
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BL Buddhism CA Christianity CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B History of Religions School B Science of Religion B Rudolf Otto |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This is a new (and for the first time complete) edition of a speech about Buddhism by Rudolf Otto from 1913. This speech is his first academic reflexion of his journey around the world and his most detailed explanation of his view on this religion. In the first part of his speech Otto compares Buddhism with Christianity and finds a lot of parallels. In the second part he defines differences between these two religions and proclaims - from a Christian perspective - Christianity as more valuable than Buddhism. The preface puts the speech into its context: Otto’s relationship to and his knowledge of Buddhism (1), the history of publication of this speech (2), Otto’s specific view on Buddhism in comparison to his contemporaries (3), the meaning of this speech in his œuvre (4) and explanations about the edition (5). The editor has the opinion, that this speech is an important transition from Ottos philosophy of religion to his main work The Idea of the Holy . It further is a good example of what Otto means when speaking about the comparison of religions. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9776 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/znth-2020-0017 |
