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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Otto, Rudolf, 1869-1937
Other Authors: Harvey, John W. (John Wilfred), 1889-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Oxford University Press, H. Milford, [1936]
Edition:Rev. with additions.
Series:Oxford bookshelf.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. The Rational and the Non-Rational
  • II. "Numen" and the "Numinous"
  • III. The Elements in the "Numinous"
  • IV. Mysterium Tremendum
  • V. The Analysis of "Mysterium"
  • VI. The Element of Fascination
  • VII. Analogies and Associated Feelings
  • VIII. The Holy as a Category of Value
  • IX. Means of Expression of the Numinous
  • X. The Numinous in the Old Testament
  • XI. The Numinous in the New Testament
  • XII. The Numinous in Luther
  • XIII. The Two Processes of Development
  • XIV. The Holy as an A Priori Category
  • Part I
  • XV. The Earliest Manifestations
  • XVI. The "Cruder" Phases
  • XVII. The Holy as an A Priori Category
  • Part II
  • XVIII. The Manifestations of the "Holy" and the Faculty of "Divination"
  • XIX. Divination in Primitive Christianity
  • XX. Divination in Christianity today
  • XXI. History and the A Priori in Religion: Summary and Conclusion
  • Appendices: I. Chrysostom on the Inconceivable in God
  • II. The Numinous in Poetry, Hymn, and Liturgy
  • III. Original Numinous Sounds
  • IV. "Spirit" and "Soul" as Numinous Entities
  • V. The Supra-personal in the Numinous
  • VI. The Mystical Element in Luther's Conception of "Faith"
  • VII. "Signs Following"
  • VIII. Silent Worship
  • IX. A Numinous Experience of John Ruskin
  • X. The Expression of the Numinous in English
  • XI. The Mysterium Tremendum in Robertson and Watts
  • XII. The Resurrection as a Spiritual Experience
  • XIII. Religious Essays, A Supplement to "The Idea of the Holy"