Rudolf Otto and the concept of holiness
By: Melissa Raphael.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Otto, Rudolf, 1869-1937.; Holy, The -- History of doctrines -- 20th century.
Description: An examination of Rudolf Otto's 20th-century concept of holiness. This volume analyzes the scholarly context that shaped Otto's idea of holiness, and discusses the relation of the numinous and the holy to the divine personality, morality religious experience and emancipatory theology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-233) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral).