Rudolph Otto and the Study of Religions Yoshitsugu Sawai history of religions Toshihiko Izutsu phenomenology of religion numinous Vedanta Eckhart Rudolf Otto das Heilige This paper is the text of a lecture delivered at Marburg University, with which Tenri University has a sister relationship. After the COVID-19 pandemic caused my proposed lecture to be postponed for three years, I am all the more delighted to be here in Marburg once again, on my eighth visit. It is an honour to be invited to deliver this lecture on the contemporary study of religions, focusing on Rudolf Otto’s religious theory, here at Marburg University. Philipps-Universität Marburg Marburg Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg 2025 2025-05-27 2025-05-27 Text article urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-2025-334-88523 eng 1418722-x 26 1 (2025) 1 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/article/download/8852/8496 10.17192/mjr.2025.26.8852 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/2025/334/8852 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0