The Rebirth of Cultural Colonialism as Religionswissenschaft: Rudolf Otto's Import House

During his 'world journey' of 1911-1912, Rudolf Otto came to embrace a form of German cultural colonialism which assigned the study of religions a key role. Concern for this colonial program guided his activities unitl the outbreak of World War I, when German colonial ambitions became unre...

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Main Author: Alles, Gregory D. 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2007
In: Temenos
Year: 2007, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-51
Further subjects:B Colonialism
B study of religion
B Rudolf Otto
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