Bibliograph

The idea of the holy, an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational

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The idea of the holy, an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The idea of the holy

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational

Summary

Otto's most famous work is The Idea of the Holy, published first in German in 1917, and first translated into English in 1923. It is one of the most successful German theological books of the 20th century, has never gone out of print, and is now available in about 20 languages. The book defines the concept of the holy as that which is numinous. Otto explained the numinous as a "non-rational, non-sensory experience or feeling whose primary and immediate object is outside the self".-Print edition

Target audience

adult

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