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'''Orchard Lake''' is a medium-sized inland [[lake]], 795 acres (3.2 km²). It has a 110 feet (34 m) maximum depth and is in the city of [[Orchard Lake Village, Michigan|Orchard Lake Village]], [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]], in [[Michigan]], [[USA]]. It is the second-largest lake in Oakland County after [[Cass Lake (Michigan)|Cass Lake]].
'''Rudolf Otto''' ([[September 25]] [[1869]] - [[6 March]] [[1937]]) was an eminent [[German]] [[protestant]] [[theologian]] and [[scholar]] of [[comparative]] [[religion]].
The lake is unusual in that there is an large 35 acre (142,000 m²) island in the middle of the lake, Apple Island. The island was frequently inhabited by local [[Native Americans]] before the coming of Western settlers, who later planted an apple orchard on the island, giving rise to the current name of the lake. Apple Island is now abandoned and has been designated a protected [[wildlife sanctuary]]. The small Cedar Island is near the western shore.
==Life==
The campus of the old [[Michigan Military Academy]] is on the northeast shore of the lake. The campus is now home to [[SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary]] and [[St. Mary's Preparatory]].
Born in Peine near Hanover, Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum in Hildesheim and studied at the universities of [[University of Erlangen|Erlangen]] and [[University of Göttingen|Göttingen]], from where he received both his doctorate (with a [[dissertation]] on [[Luther]]) and habilitation on [[Kant]]. In 1906, he became extraordinary professor (see [[professor]]), and in 1910 he received an [[honorary doctorate]] from the [[University of Giessen]]. In [[1915]], he became ordinary professor at the [[University of Breslau]], and in 1917, at the [[University of Marburg]]'s Divinity School, then one of the most famous Protestant in the world. Although he received several other calls, he remained in Marburg for the rest of his life. He retired in [[1929]] and died eight years later, probably as a consequence from a [[malaria]] [[infection]] he had caught on one of his many expeditions. He is buried on [[Marburg]] cemetery.
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==Work==
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Otto's most famous work, ''The Idea of the Holy'' (published first in 1917 as ''Das Heilige''), is the one most successful German theological book of the 20th century; it has never been out of print and is today available in about 20 languages. It defines the concept of the holy of that of the '''numinous''', something that is both fascinating and terrifying (''fascinans'' and ''tremens'') at the same time. It also sets a paradigm for the study of religion that focuses on the need to realize the religious as a non-reducible, original category in its own right. This paradigm was under much attack between appr. 1950 and 1990 but is making a strong come-back today.
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==Books available in English==
*''Naturalism and religion'', London 1907
*''The life and ministry of Jesus'', Chicago 1908
*''The idea of the holy'', Oxford 1923, still in press
*''Christianity and the Indian Religion of Grace'', Madras 1928
*''India's Religion of Grace and Christianity Compared and Contrasted'', New York 1930
*''The philosophy of religion based on Kant and Fries'', London 1931
*''Religious essays: A supplement to The Idea of the Holy'', London 1931
*''Mysticism east and west: A comparative analysis of the nature of mysticism'', New York 1932
*''The original Gita: The song of the Supreme Exalted One'', London 1939
*''The Kingdom of God and the Son of Man: A Study in the History of Religion'', Boston 1943
*''Autobiographical and Social Essays'', Berlin 1996
==External Links==
*[http://www.netrax.net/~galles/ Otto homepage]
*[http://www.friesian.com/otto.htm brief page on Otto]
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