From the religious a priori to intending the absolute : reflections on the methodological principles in Otto and Tillich against the backdrop of their historical problematic

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Danz, Christian

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This contribution examines Rudolf Otto’s and Paul Tillich’s theories of religion against the background of the debates around 1900. Beginning with Wilhelm Windelband’s motifs and Ernst Troeltsch’s philosophies of religion, it is shown that Otto and Tillich alike elaborate on a performance-bound conception of religion from transcendental-philosophical and phenomenological motifs. Tillich, following Edmund Husserl, ultimately resolves the idea of a religious a priori as a concept of religion elaborated in terms of the theory of intentionality.

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This article is dedicated to Prof. Dr James-Alfred Loader. Prof. Dr Christian Danz is participating as research fellow of Prof. Dr Johan Buitendag, professor in the Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics and Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Rudolf Otto’s theory of religion, Paul Tillich’s theory of religion, Place of religion, Structure of human consciousness

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Danz, C., 2013, 'From the religious a priori to intending the absolute: Reflections on the methodological principles in Otto and Tillich against the backdrop of their historical problematic', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69(1), Art. #1980, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v69i1.1980