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Otto, Rudolf, 1869-1937.

The idea of the holy : an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational / Translated by John W. Harvey. - New York, Oxford University Press, 1958. - xix, 232 p. 21 cm. - A Galaxy book, GB14 .

Translation of Das Heilige.

Bibliographical footnotes.

The rational and the non-rational--
'Numen' and the 'numinous'--
The elements in the 'numinous' creature-feeling--
Mysterium tremendum: The anlysis of 'tremendum'--
The analysis of 'mysterium'--
The element of fascination--
Analogies and associated feelings--
The holy as a category of value: sin and atonment--
Means of expression of the numinous--
The numinous in the Old Testament--
The numinous in the New Testament--
The numinous in Luther--
The two processes of development--
The holy as an a priori category, part I--
Its earliest manifestations--
The 'cruder' phases--
The holy as an a priori category, part II--
The manifestations of the 'holy' and the faculty of 'divination'--
Divination in primitive christianity--
Divination in christianity to-day--
History and the a prori in religion: summary and conclusion.

ISBN: 0195002105

LCCN: 58000776

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion.

LC Class. No.: BL 48 / .O82 1958

Dewey Class. No.: 201