About this title: Since the English translation first appeared in 1923, Rudolf Otto's volume has established itself as a classic in the field of religious philosophy. It offers an in-depth inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational.
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Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: 1st Pelican ed. "An inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational". Pp. 205, pages toned. Pbk. G+. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Humphfrey Milford; Oxford University Press, London
Date Published: 1926
Description: Fair with no dust jacket. A fair copy. Binding relatively sturdy; exterior reflects very heavy wear (particularly at spine, edges, and corners); covers quite faded/worn with various marks and discolourations. Interior pages free of margin-marks and underlining, gently faded, and in very good overall shape. Ink inscription on inside cover and FFEP; splotchy tanning of front and back pages. Available for prompt dispatch from York, UK.; Book. read more
Edition: 5TH PRINTING
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: A GALAXY BOOK, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good. 1958 5TH GALAXY PRINTING/GOOD SOFTCOVER/UNDERLINGING AND WRITING THROUGHOUT/ AN INQUIRY INTO THE NON RATIONAL FACTOR IN THE IDEA OF THE DIVINE AND ITS RELATION TO THE RATIONAL. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Date Published: 1958
ISBN-13:9780195002102ISBN:0195002105
Description: Fair. J. Paperback. Approx 2 doz pp with marking, light highlighitng. Light wear. Text is tight. All items are carefully and securely packed to insure they arrive in the advertised condition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Date Published: 1973
Description: Published by Oxford University Press in 1973. Paperback. Number of pages: 239. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Corners bumped. Spine creased. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1958
Description: Acceptable. May be custom printing with different material than original text. Please contact us with questions BEFORE ordering. Accetable or better condition. Cover may be worn, spine may be creased, may have some underlining, highlighting and marginal notes in text. read more
Description: 4th imp. revised with additions. Ex libris. Pp.22/232, inkstamps and owners name to fep, a few marginal, marks. Maroon cloth, sunning to spine. G. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Galaxy (Oxford Univ Press), New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. Tight binding; only mild wear to covers; a little bit of underlining but otherwise a good copy. 232 p. read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. 232 pages. Red and black boards with gold lettering along spine; moderate soiling and rubbing wear, small tear at top of spine. Binding split before page 15, page 13 has come loose but is still with book. Text appears clean and neat. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Some soiling on page 15. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1958
ISBN-13:9780195002102ISBN:0195002105
Description: Good. Pages are browned. Previous owner's name of first page. Highlighted to page 39 with very few notes. Within 2 days. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
"Old school theology book. One more famous study trying to proove that there is an a priori religious impulsion. Of course it cann't be based on reason. A renewal of irrationalistic stream inside theology, in the time of Bergson, Dada, Charles Fort, Freud, First World War. An effort to establish a bridge with the wholly other. What is nouminous? The sixth chapter of Isaiah, Bach, Medelson, or silence itself? Of course it is the miracle. But what is greater miracle than the life, the spirit, the soul, where the presence of the supernatural can appear. It could be titled: "Jesus and the Paranormal", not in the sense of Bible's historical analysis, but of an analytic of the elements of spiritual experience."
"The classic work on religious experience. Otto takes the idea that there is a raw, "numinous" experience (which he elaborates at some length. He says that religion rationalises this numinous experience to create the Holy. When they lose touch with the numinous, rational religious forms - rites, theologies, myths etc - are dead and lifeless.
Though he never mentions his name, Otto is in effect taking to task Feuerbach's Essence of Christianity. To study religion, however, one must come to terms with both of these giants."
"Another one of those books I read out of a sense of obligation to understand the religious perspective in general, and simultaneously to develop my own ideas of religious atheism. For an atheist I sure do read a lot of books of this type. Few more to come."
"A book I looked into a little when I was in college, but just re-read in the past ten days. Amazing analysis and explication of the non-rational in religion, the "mysterium tremendum et fascinans" experience, which is basic to all other religious feeling. A reaction to what Otto (correctly) thought was Christianity's over-rationalization in German theology in the early 20th century."
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