Rudolf Otto és a vallási élmény a pszichológia és a fenomenológia határterületén

Abstract

Rudolf Otto and the Religious Experience at the Intersection of Psychology and PhenomenologyWhat would Rudolf Otto think about psychology and spirituality?Ideally, qualitative research can contribute to understanding the inner dimensions of religiosity and spirituality without adopting a reductionist approach to the subject matter.Their task is not to provide answers but to explore.In The Psychology of Spirituality, Anton A. Bucher aims to summarize the facets of spirituality and spiritual experience based on such research while attempting to define the subject.What is spirituality, and how relevant is it today?How do people experience it?What are its physiological effects, and how can it be "utilized"?Does spirituality evolve?Is it opposed to religion?Just as we cannot speak of religion or spirituality in generalized terms, the same applies to psychology, and yet, psychological approaches can benefit the study of religion.But the reverse is also true: the work of Rudolf Otto and like-minded theologians and philosophers of religion can aid psychology, as spirituality and the psychology of spirituality cannot be understood without religion.In this paper, I explore the intersections of phenomenology, religion, and psychology by comparing Rudolf Otto's views on religious experience with the research findings presented by Anton A. Bucher and the conclusions he draws from them.