Rudolf Otto
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1869
- Died
- 1937
- Works
- 97
Top works
- Das Heilige
- The idea of the holy
- 聖なるもの
- Mythus und Religion in Wundts Völker-psychologie / [Otto]
- הקדושה
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- 2
- Total plays
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
· 1997 · cited 15,989x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- [14] Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent
· 1999 · cited 13,654x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 11,461x
- On the Origin of Cancer Cells
· 1956 · cited 11,310x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1869-09-25 ) 25 September 1869, Peine , Province of Hanover , Prussia
- Died
- 6 March 1937 (1937-03-06) (aged 67), Marburg , Germany
- Alma mater
- University of Erlangen University of Göttingen
- Influences
- Friedrich Schleiermacher , Immanuel Kant , Jakob Fries
- Discipline
- Theology and comparative religion
- School or tradition
- History of religions school
- Notable works
- The Idea of the Holy
- Notable ideas
- The numinous
- Influenced
- Eliade , Jung , Campbell , C. S. Lewis , Tillich , Barth , Rahner , Heidegger , Wach , Horkheimer , Gadamer , Strauss
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Key dates
- Born
- 25 September 1869
- Died
- 7 March 1937
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rudolf
- Family name
- Otto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Peine
- Place of death
- Marburg
- Employer
- University of Wrocław
- Political party
- National Liberal Party
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Rudolf Otto (25 September 1869 – 7 March 1937) was a German Lutheran theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist. He is regarded as one of the most influential scholars of religion in the early twentieth century and is best known for his concept of the numinous, a profound emotional experience he argued was at the heart of the world's religions. While his work started in the domain of liberal Christian theology, its main thrust was always apologetical, seeking to defend religion against naturalist critiques, making him a more conservative figure. Otto eventually came to conceive of his work as part of a science of religion, which was divided into the philosophy of religion, the history of religion, and the psychology of religion.
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