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Title |
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1. Rudolf Otto's Post-Kantian Platonism - The Holy in a Pluralistic World |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Todd Gooch; Eastern Kentucky University; |
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Religious Studies |
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Rudolf Otto; The Idea of the Holy; mysterium tremendum; history of the study of religion; philosophy of religion |
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Religious Studies; Theology; Cultural Studies; Intellectual History |
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Abstract |
In this chapter I investigate the philosophical-theological background of some of Rudolf Otto’s central ideas. I examine, first, Otto’s broadly Platonic use of the term “idea” in expressions such as “idea of the divine” (Idee des Göttlichen or Idee der Gottheit); second, Otto’s anti-empiricism, and the role of anamnesis in his account of religious knowledge and of the religious a priori; and third, his reliance on the Platonic concept of methexis (μέθεξις) or participation in the idea of the divine for his soteriology. I argue that recognizing Otto’s Platonism, as well as his use of post-Kantian idealist Jakob Fries’ epistemological theories, is central for understanding Otto’s religious epistemology and his treatment of a number of central theological topics. |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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17-Jun-2022 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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PDF |
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https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/30384 |
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Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.30384 |
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Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Holy in a Pluralistic World |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |