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Religious studies

the description, from Otto, of the holy as an overwhelming mystery that both terrifies and attracts.

In religious studies, mysterium tremendum refers to the description, from Otto, of the holy as an overwhelming mystery that both terrifies and attracts. This meaning comes from Otto (1923) in The idea of the holy.[1]

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  1. Otto, R. (1923). The idea of the holy (J. W. Harvey, Trans.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781578988617

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