Rudolf Otto

Question 1

Otto was a Protestant theologian who used his knowledge of natural ?, religion and ? to analyse religion.

Answer 1

Sciences.

Traditions.

Question 2

In his book, “The Idea of the ?”, Otto tried to identify what it was about a religious experience that made it religious, rather than an ?

Answer 2

Holy.

Experience.

Question 3

He described a sense of a personal encounter with natural forces a “mysterium ? et ?” (an awe-inspiring, fascinating mystery).

Answer 3

Tremendum.

Fascinans.

Question 4

Otto said that divine would be recognised as having three main qualities:

1) The quality of ?, a realisation that God is ? One that C.S ? takes up in his Christian fantasy novels, the ? series.
2) God is recognised as a being of ? ?
3) God has a quality that is both ? and dangerous.

Answer 4

Mystery.
Incomprehensible.
Lewis.
Narnia.
Ultimate importance.
Attractive.

Question 5

Otto made use of the term “?”, which he used to describe the feeling of awe-inspiring ?

Answer 5

Numinous.

Holiness.

Question 6

Otto argued that religious language is a “?”, an attempt to find clusters of words which approach the idea being expressed, although the idea in itself is ?

Answer 6

Schema.

Inexpressible.