Rudolf Otto and the Foundation of the History of Religions
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-25944-7 (ISBN)
Yoshitsugu Sawai shows how Otto has “three faces”: the Lutheran Theologian, the Philosopher of Religion, and the Comparative Religionist. The book also shows how, of these, Otto saw himself primarily as a Lutheran Theologian, and provides an account of Otto’s engagement with India and the centrality that Hindu theology had on his thinking.
In Otto’s theory of religion, his well-known concepts including “wholly other” and “numinous” constitute a multiple structure of meaning. For example, his concept of the “wholly other” (das ganz Andere) no doubt has the meaning of “God” in his Christian theological studies. At the same time, however, from the perspective of comparative religion or the phenomenology of religion, this same term semantically implies the “ultimate reality” of other religious traditions; “Brahman” and “God” (Isvara) in Hindu religious tradition as well as “God” in Christianity.
Yoshitsugu Sawai is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Tenri University, Japan. He has published books and articles in both Japanese and English on the Vedanta philosophy of the Sankaran religious tradition, the “Oriental Philosophy” of the Japanese philosopher Toshihiko Izutsu, and Tenrikyo theology. His research interests include theories of comparative religion, Indian philosophy, and Tenrikyo theology.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The History of Religions and Otto’s Perspectives on Religion
1. Otto’s Lifetime as a Christian Theologian
2. Journeys to the East: India as the Foundation of Otto’s Comparative Religion
3. Comparative Religious Perspectives on the Holy
4. Influences of the History-of-Religions School on Otto’s Religious Theory
5. Parallelism of Mysticism in Religions East and West
6. The Concept of the “Wholly Other” and the Experience of the Depth
7. Vedanta Philosophy as the Discourse of Mystic Experience
8. Toward the Semantic Understanding of Religions
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 10 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-25944-6 / 1350259446 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-25944-7 / 9781350259447 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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