Rudolf Otto (1869–1937) was a German theologian and philosopher, best known for his study of the nature of religious experience. He is most famous for his book "The Idea of the Holy" ("Das Heilige"), published in 1917, in which he introduces the concept of the "numinous." Otto's work focuses on the sense of the sacred and the ineffable aspects of religious experience that go beyond rational understanding.
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