Otto’s idea of the ‘numinous’- A crosscultural reappraisal

Rudolf Otto’s concept of the ‘numinous’ was developed through study, observation, personal experience and religious and philosophical influences. The main philosophical influences for Otto's thought came from Fries, Schleiermacher, and Kant—from whom Otto derived the concept of thea priori natu...

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Main Author: O’Meley, Serena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 1995
In: Sophia
Year: 1995, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 241-258
Further subjects:B Religious Experience
B Cosmic Order
B Mystical Experience
B Mystical State
B Religious Expression
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Summary:Rudolf Otto’s concept of the ‘numinous’ was developed through study, observation, personal experience and religious and philosophical influences. The main philosophical influences for Otto's thought came from Fries, Schleiermacher, and Kant—from whom Otto derived the concept of thea priori nature of the numinous. However, the numinous does not appear to be a universally applicable category of experience, much lessa priori, and in some cases may distort religious experience. The example of Hinduism demonstrated how easily the concept of the numinous may be applied to one
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF02772461