Otto's Theory Of Religion Summary

Otto begins The Idea of the Holy by belligerence that the non-discerning in religion must be given its due importance, then goes ahead to present and build up his thought of the numinous. As a sort of first close estimation for the entirely new idea he is giving us, Otto describes the numinous as the holy (God) short its ethical and reasonable angles. Somewhat more decidedly, it is the inexpressible center of religion: the experience of it can't be depicted regarding other encounters. Otto then introduces the Mysterium Tremendum. He displays the tremendum segment of the numinous that is being experienced as involving three components: awfulness (inspiring awe, a kind of significant unease), overpoweringness (inspires a feeling of
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Religion would emerge out of a need to have limitations on essential physical needs.. Religion gives backing to the development and working of the ethical circle or part of human instinct.
Marx's theory of religion should be found in the setting of his general perspective of society, free enterprise overwhelms the common laborers. Though functionalism sees religion as a binding together drive that reinforces the quality accord and is a component of all societies.

Marxism sees religion as a component just of class-partitioned society, in that capacity there will be no requirement for religion in raunchy society and it will vanish.
As indicated by Tillich, "faith is the state of being ultimately concerned." The Ultimate
Concern is that which demands complete surrender of the person who faithfully accepts the
Ultimate. He alludes to faith as a "Total and focused demonstration of the personal self, the demonstration of genuine, interminable and extreme concern." Tillich then goes ahead to look at the hotspots for faith. He calls attention to that God can't be an object of faith without likewise being the subject of man's faith. God, affirms Tillich, is available as the subject and object …show more content…
Tillich then goes ahead to affirm that anything that accomplishes extreme sympathy toward man is raised to the status of god. At the point when things like a country or achievement get to be lifted to the level of ultimacy, they are just false or worshipful images of extreme concern. While a myth must be perceived as a myth,
Tillich contends that any endeavor to expel the legendary from our awareness will be unsuccessful on the grounds that myths connote an accumulation of images which remain for our definitive concern.
From what I have learned so far, Sigmund Freud’s theory of religion is closest to how I use religion today. Like he said, he thought it to be as a type of neurosis, or a crutch to lean on.
That’s how I see my religion right now. I don’t see it as an opium like Karl Marx was saying. I don’t see it as an addicting drug that I will worship for the rest of my life. Maybe in the future after some sort of miracle happen. But now, it’s more a crutch to lean on when times are hard.