Study Questions for excerpt from The Idea of the Holy (Rudolf Otto)

1. What is "mysterium tremendum?" List some of the ways he describes what it is like.

2. Though Otto asserts that no one can cause themselves to have a numinous experience, he does say that there are things that may be conducive to having a numinous experience. What are some of those things?

Study Strategy for excerpts from Writing of the Young Marx (Karl Marx):

1. Type "Religion" at the top of your page.

2. Then, make a list of what the author says about religion.

3. What is it? Where did it come from? Why are people religious?

4. What is the problem with religion? And, so on