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numinous: a standalone construct

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Religious studies

the term, from Otto, for the non-rational, awe-inspiring quality of the holy, felt as something wholly other.

In religious studies, numinous refers to the term, from Otto, for the non-rational, awe-inspiring quality of the holy, felt as something wholly other. This meaning comes from Otto (1923) in The idea of the holy.[1]

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References

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

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