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mysterium tremendum et fascinans
  • Introduction & Top Questions
  • Formulation in Otto’s Das Heilige
  • Reception
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Experiencing the numinous with fear and joy Rudolf Otto Mircea Eliade The mysterious art of the numinous
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  • What is the meaning of mysterium tremendum et fascinans?
  • How did Rudolf Otto describe the numinous?
  • How has Otto’s phenomenological approach to religion been received?

mysterium tremendum et fascinans: References & Edit History

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  • Christianity
    / God the Father
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  • Rudolf Otto
    / The Idea of the Holy of Rudolf Otto
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  • Bernard E. Meland
  • Charles Preston
    Charles Preston is Associate Editor for Religion at Encyclopædia Britannica.

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