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8 Cards in this Set
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Das Heilige
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-The Sacred
-Author: Rudolf Otto -Published: 1917 -Analyzes content and specific characteristics of the religious experience |
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Rudolf Otto's idea of a "living god"
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-Not just an idea or abstract notion
-Terrible power, manifested in the divine wrath |
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Mysterium tremendum
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-Awe-inspiring mystery
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Majestas
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-majesty
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Mysterium fascinans
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-Fascinating Mystery
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Numinous
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-Pertaining to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural
-Otto defines numinous experiences as being induced by the revelation of an aspect of god |
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Ganz andere
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-Wholly other
-How the numinous presents itself -The sacred always manifests itself as a reality completely different than natural realities -Humans are unable to express the ganz andere |
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Sacred
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-The opposite of the profane
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