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The Idea of the Holy: An Inquiry into the Non-Rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and Its Relation to the Rational
by Rudolf Otto. 232 pgs.

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Translator's Preface To the Second Edition

Note on Appendixes, &c.

Foreword by the Author To the First English Edition

Chapter I: The Rational and the Non-Rational

Chapter II 'Numen' and the 'Numinous'

Chapter III The Elements in the 'Numinous'

Chapter IV: 'Mysterium Tremendum' The Analysis of 'tremendum'

Chapter V: The Analysis of 'Mysterium'

Chapter VI: 5. the Element of Fascination

Chapter VII: Analogies and Associated Feelings

Chapter VIII: The Holy as a Category of Value Sin and Atonement

Chapter IX: Means of Expression of the Numinous

Chapter X: The Numinous in the Old Testament

Chapter XI: The Numinous in the New Testament

Chapter XII: The Numinous in Luther

Chapter XIII: The Two Processes of Development

Chapter XIV: The Holy as an a Priori Category Part I

Chapter XV: Its Earliest Manifestations

Chapter XVI: The 'Cruder' Phases

Chapter XVII: The Holy as an a Priori Category

Chapter XVIII: The Manifestations of the 'Holy' And the Faculty of 'Divination'

Chapter XIX: Divination in Primitive Christianity

Chapter XX: Divination in Christianity To-Day

Chapter XXI: History and the a Priori in Religion: Summary and Conclusion

Appendix I: Chrysostom on the Inconceivable in God

Appendix II: The Numinous in Poetry, Hymn, and Liturgy

Appendix IV: 'spirit' and 'soul' as Numinous Entities

Appendix IV: 'spirit' and 'soul' as Numinous Entities

Appendix V: The Supra-Personal in the Numinous

Appendix VI: The Mystical Element in Luther's Conception of 'Faith'

Appendix VIII: Silent Worship

Appendix IX: A Numinous Experience of John Ruskin

Appendix X: The Expression of the Numinous in English

Appendix XI: The Mysterium Tremendum in Robertson And Watts

Appendix XII: The Resurrection as a Spiritual Experience

Index
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Rudolf Otto: An Introduction to His Philosophical Theology
by Philip C. Almond. 176 pgs.

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Preface

Introduction

1: Rudolf Otto's Life and Work

2: The Context of Otto's Thought

3: The Numinous Experience

4: The Philosophy of the Holy

5: The History and Theology of Religions

Postscript

Appendix 1 Aufsätze Das Numinose Betreffend: Table of Contents

Appendix 2 Das Gefühl Des Überweltlichen (sensus Numinis): Table of Contents

Appendix 3 Sünde Und Urschuld: Table of Contents

Appendix 4 Religious Essays: Table of Contents

Notes

Bibliography of Otto's Works in English

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Types of Religious Experience, Christian and Non-Christian (Chap. 10 "Rudolf Otto and The Idea of the Holy")
by Joachim Wach. 275 pgs.

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Introduction

[a]: Methodological

Chapter One: The Place of the History Of Religions in the Study Of Theology

Chapter Two: Universals in Religion

Chapter Three: The Concept of the 'Classical' In the Study of Religions

[b]: History of Non-Christian Religions

Chapter Four: The Idea of Man in The Near Eastern Religions

Chapter Five: Spiritual Teachings in Islam With Special Reference To Al-Hujwiri

Chapter Six: The Study of MahĀyĀna Buddhism

[c]: History of the Christian Religion

Chapter Seven: Caspar Schwenckfeld: a Pupil And a Teacher in the School Of Christ

Chapter Eight: The RÔle of Religion in The Social Philosophy of Alexis De Tocqueville

Chapter Nine: Church, Denomination and Sect

Chapter Ten: Rudolf Otto and The Idea of the Holy

Conclusion

Notes

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Humanity and Deity (Chap. 2 "The Language of Religion: The Word of Man and the Word Of God")
by Wilbur Marshall Urban. 479 pgs.

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Chapter I: Religio Perennis and Philosophia Perennis. God and Man in European Philosophy

Chapter II: The Language of Religion: the Word of Man and the Word Of God. the Essence of Religion

Chapter III: Religion and the Mythical Consciousness: the Myth as The Material of Religious Symbolism

Chapter IV: Language and Logic in Theology: the Critique Of Dogmatic Theology

Chapter VI Natural and Logical Witnesses for God (continued): The Axiological Interpretation of the Theistic Argument

Chapter VII: The Literal and the Symbolic in Religion: Symbolism as A Theological Principle

Chapter VIII: The the Pronouncements of Religion: What Religion Really Says. The Philosophy of Creed

Chapter IX: The Problem of Religious Knowledge: Intuition And Demonstration, Certitude and Evidence

Chapter X: Religion and Science: the Pronouncements of Science On Nature and on Man

Chapter XI: Religion and Science in Contemporary Philosophy. the 'New Understanding of the Limits of Science'

Chapter XII: Religion and the Humanities. Theism and Humanism

Chapter XIII: Religion and Mysticism. What the Mystics Tell Us About Divine Things

Appendix: The Word of God and the Word of Man. Revelation and Reason

Index of Subjects

Index of Names
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Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 1 (Chap. 7 "The Numinous and the Holy")
by Archibald Allan Bowman, Norman Kemp Smith. 426 pgs.

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Analytical Table Of The Contents of Volume One

Memorial Introduction

Bibliography

Part I: The Approach to the Subject

Chapter I: Prerequisites to Orientation

Chapter II: The Problem of Method

Part II: The Anthropological Picture Of Religion

Chapter III: Animism and Totemism

Chapter IV: Further Difficulties in the Way of The Animistic Theories: Animatism

Chapter V: The Instinctive, Emotional and Conceptual Ingredients in Religion

Chapter VI: Religion as a Body of Practical Prescriptions

Chapter VII: The Numinous and the Holy

Chapter VIII: The Forms Assumed by the Idea of Holiness In the Religious Life of Primitive Man

Part III: Questions Which Concern The Concept of Religion

Chapter X: Preliminary Statement of the Questions To Be Dealt With

Chapter XI: The Self-Criticism of Religion in Hebrew Literature

Chapter XII: The Self-Criticism of Religion in the Mysticism Of the East: Introductory Considerations

Chapter XIII: The Self-Criticism of Religion in the Mysticism Of the East: the Bearing of the Preceding Considerations

Chapter XIV: The Self-Criticism of Religion in the Mysticism Of the East: Completed Statement And Criticism
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The Evolution of Religion: A Re-Examination
by Bernard J. Verkamp. 232 pgs.

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The Evolution of Religion: A Re-Examination attempts to show that while religion has evolved like any other cultural entity, the process is not as simple as earlier "evolutionists" of religion have made it out to be.

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Chapter One: The Origin of Religion

Chapter Two: The Soul's Prehistory

Chapter Three: The Process of Religious Evolution

Chapter Four: The Course of Religious Evolution: Prolegomena

Chapter Five: The Course of Religious Evolution

Chapter Six: The Adaptive Value of Religion

Chapter Seven: Conclusion

Appendix: The Religious Given

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