Author

Books by Rudolf Otto

Rudolf Otto (1869–1937) was a German theologian, philosopher of religion, and comparative religionist who taught at the University of Marburg. He studied Indian religion extensively, traveled to Asia and the Middle East, and developed an approach to the phenomenology of religious experience that bridged Christian theology and the comparative study of religion. The Idea of the Holy (1917) is his most influential work. He also founded the Religious Art collection at Marburg and founded the interreligious Religious League of Humanity in 1921.