Autobiographical and Social EssaysWalter de Gruyter, 1996 - 317 páginas This collection of essays, introduced, selected and translated by Gregory D. Alles, aims to broaden the image of Otto available to English readers. It presents previously untranslated writings of Otto the politician, social commentator, and churchman. Also included are Otto's autobiographical reflections and a sampling from his late essays on ethics. In an informative introduction Gregory D. Alles outlines the discussions that Otto's ideas have evoked and traces the impact of Otto's thought on theology and the academic study of religions. He also examines criticisms of Otto's ideas and makes suggestions for future research. |
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Acknowledgments Introduction | 1 |
Ottos scholarship | 2 |
Otto among the theologians | 3 |
Otto and the humanistic science of religion | 15 |
Ottos humanistic critics | 26 |
The present collection | 38 |
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A Autobiographical fragments | 50 |
Rudolf Otto National Liberal candidate 1913 | 115 |
Election reform 1918 | 128 |
A League of Nations is not enough 1920 1921 1923 | 142 |
A service to celebrate the fatherland 1925 | 150 |
The academy and the study of religions | 162 |
Zinzendorf discovered the sensus numinis 1932 | 179 |
Buddhism Islām and the irrational 1932 | 186 |
Gandhi saint and statesman 1933 | 194 |
Letters from North Africa 1911 Selections | 61 |
Letters from India and Egypt 19271928 1938 | 92 |
A letter from Greece 1891 1941 | 100 |
B Politics and society | 102 |
Germany as a cultural colonial power 1912 | 104 |
The work of the church | 206 |
Liberal Protestants need practice in ministry too 1910 1911 | 214 |
E Ethical reflections | 253 |
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