Yoshitsugu Sawai

A Semantic Interpretation of Rudolf Otto's Religious Theory

The Heythrop Journal March 1, 2023 Yoshitsugu Sawai

This article is a semantic attempt to clarify the totality of Rudolf Otto (1869-1937) by describing his religious theory, characterised by such key terms as ‘the holy’ and ‘the numinous’. In his academic life, Otto had three ‘faces’, i. e. , a Christian theologian, a philosopher of religion, and a scholar of comparative religion, all of which were organically interrelated in his Christian...