The numinous, the ethical, and the body: Rudolf Otto's "The Idea of the Holy" revisited

In this paper, I investigate the non-rational, affective dimension of religious experience that Rudolf Otto attempted to address with his notion of the numinous. I argue that this notion is best understood in terms of an atmospheric quality impacting on the subject’s feeling body. Therefore, I draw...

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Main Author: Nörenberg, Henning 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Open theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 546-564
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