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The Idea of the Holy was first published in German in 1917 and the first English translation was published in 1923. It is Otto's most famous and influential book and its conception of the holy had a significant impact on the history of religions and other disciplines of religious studies.
The Idea of the Holy. Otto's most famous work, The Idea of the Holy was one of the most successful German theological books of the 20th century, has never gone out of print, and is available in about 20 languages. The central argument of the book concerns the term numinous, which Otto coined.
Otto, R. (1923). The Idea of the Holy. Oxford University Press. Abstract. Presents the case for the autonomy of the religious sentiment--the sentiment directed toward the "wholly other." Translated from the German. Harvard Book List (edited) 1949 #591 (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third Person of the Trinity, a triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each being God.
Rudolf Otto's "The Idea of the Holy" is a groundbreaking exploration into the essence of the sacred and the human connection with the divine. Published in 1917, Otto introduces the concept of the "numinous," a term he coins to capture the mystical and awe-inspiring elements present in religious experiences. Otto posits that the numinous is ...
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Since its English translation first appeared in 1923, Rudolf Otto’s The Idea of the Holy has solidified its status as a classic in the field of religious philosophy. This thought-provoking...
From a historical point of view Rudolf Otto’s work Das Heilige (The Idea of the Holy), which appeared in 1917, is one of the crucial points of transition in European thought about revelation and alterity. It could be argued that conceptually and in argumentative style it laid basis for much of what followed. Martin Jay
