Week 3 - Otto and The Numinous
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Guiding Questions: Rudolf Otto and The Idea of The Holy
Part I: Introduction
1) Which three things were you asked to notice in the GMC and SUV advertisements if no vehicle were shown in those? List these. 2)
Otto was raised in a devoutly religious and pious Protestant Christian family. True
or False?
3) Otto’s entire life was dedicated to studying and seeking to understand the
nature of God
4) Ruach
is Hebrew for breath (Greek pneuma), wind, or spirit
5) R
uach
possesses power
. It can bring about
action.
6) At Capernaum, Jesus was referring to ruach
in two ways. First, he spoke of it
as
God
Secondly, he spoke of it as a
gift from God.
Part II:
The Holy Spirit
7) Theology is the study of God
from the perspective of those who
already have faith in God.
8) According to Christian tradition, God has three aspects: the Father, the Son,
and Holy Spirit
9) Each of the three is considered to be fully, 100% God
10) There is explicit
, obvious mention of a trinity in the New Testament. True or
False
?
11) Ruh
has been translated from early Arabic poetry as breath
or wind.
12) In several instances within the Qur’an, ruh
is found in association with
al-quds
. When combined as a term, the two create the term
holy spirit 13) The three main branches of Christianity are
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and
Protestant
14) Martin Luther’s followers became a group of Christians that in many ways
opposed the Roman Catholic Church. They have become known as Protestants
15) As Luther studied the scriptures, he began to believe that the Roman
Catholic Church had strayed
from the original teaching of Jesus. 16) For Luther, the purest and best way to God was through faith. True
or
False?
17) In Christian theology, the faithful are thankful for God’s gift of love
and mercy
18) Martin Luther believed that Holy Spirit
was responsible for
producing a sense of holiness (that is, sanctification) in people.
Part III: The Idea of The Holy
19) At Göttingen, Otto found himself attracted to “Liberal Theology.” Liberal
Theology supported the freedom of the individual To read, think, and to make their own decisions
20) Instead of going through a priest to reach God, as is practice in Roman Catholic Christianity, Protestantism emphasizes the Inidividual’s
relationship with God.
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21) In all religions, Schleiermacher declared, even if they don’t have a
conception of God, there is a sense of devotion to the sacred. There is
a sense of piety. This sense is grounded in feeling
22) Otto wanted to identify the most fundamental, the most unchanging and
aspect of religious experience.
23) The Idea of the Holy is based on one concept: Numinous.
24) Creature-feeling is the human perception of being smaller and less powerful than God. 25) As mysterium
, the Numinous
is mysterious. It is “wholly other,” completely different from humans, and therefore impossible for humans to know with 100% certainty. True
or False?
26) As tremendum
, the Numinous
is frighteningly powerful. 27) As fascinans
, the Numinous
is calm, soft, beautiful, and welcoming.
Part IV: Romantic Landscape Painting and Conclusions
28) The primary characteristic of the Romantic period was an emphasis on Emotion. 29) The Romantic landscape artist who painted ““Among the Sierra Nevada, California” was “
Albert
Bierstadt
”
30) Mountain landscapes in the American West were considered to be prime places where the sublime could be felt.
31) For Cole, the wilderness contained the purest expression
Of the sublime. It contained possibilities for direct experiences of God.
32) In The Idea of the Holy
, Rudolf Otto claimed that many traditions, not only
Christianity, could be legitimately considered religious, and respected by European Christians, on the basis of a shared human
experience of the mysterium tremendum et fascinans.
33). Otto’s description of God as the Numinous fits extremely well with
Martin
Luther’s ideas about the Holy Spirit.
34) When it comes to God, Otto would tell you that you can know for sure that He exists based on Your feelings.
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