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en-wikipedia-org-4682		Rudolf Otto - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4731	686	60	He is regarded as one of the most influential scholars of religion in the early twentieth century and is best known for his concept of the numinous, a profound emotional experience he argued was at the heart of the world's religions.[1] While his work started in the domain of liberal Christian theology, its main thrust was always apologetical, seeking to defend religion against naturalist critiques.[2] Otto eventually came to conceive of his work as part of a science of religion, which was divided into the philosophy of religion, the history of religion, and the psychology of religion.[2] They have been discussed by Orthodox Jewish theologians including Joseph Soloveitchik[17] and Eliezer Berkovits.[18] The Iranian-American Sufi religious studies scholar and public intellectual Reza Aslan understands religion as "an institutionalized system of symbols and metaphors [...] with which a community of faith can share with each other their numinous encounter with the Divine Presence."[19] Further afield, Otto's work received words of appreciation from Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi.[15] Aldous Huxley, a major proponent of perennialism, was influenced by Otto; in The Doors of Perception he writes:[20]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4682.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4682.txt