religious literature

C1830

concept

Religious literature is a body of written works—such as scriptures, theological treatises, devotional texts, and spiritual narratives—created to express, interpret, and transmit the beliefs, practices, values, and experiences of a religious tradition.

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All labels observed (96)

Label	Occurrences
Christian literature	130
religious literature canonical	33
religious text section	33
religious narrative	25
Jewish mystical text	24
religious treatise	23
spiritual treatise	22
religious work	20
Christian devotional work	18
Christian devotional literature	17
devotional literature	17
devotional text	14
spiritual autobiography	13
Sufi literature	10
religious text corpus	8
spiritual text	8
religious document	7
Bhakti literature	6
religious tract	6
spiritual book	6
spiritual memoir	6
devotional literary work	5
religious commentary	5
religious text genre	5
religious manuscript	4
religious speech	4
religious story	4
Christian Science text	3
monastic literature	3
prophetic work	3
religious legal text	3
religious manifesto	3
religious pamphlet	3
religious text tradition	3
religious texts	3
Christian Science literature	2
Hindu literature	2
Hindu religious literature	2
Islamic religious literature	2
Protestant literature	2
ascetic treatise	2
religious autobiography	2
religious educational text	2
religious instruction book	2
religious instructional text	2
religious manual	2
spiritual reflections collection	2
Agama text	1
Ascetic literature	1
Christian literary genre	1
Christian mystical text fragment	1
Christian religious text section	1
Christian testimony literature	1
Hindu scripture genre	1
Islamic devotional literature	1
Islamic religious texts	1
Islamic spiritual classic	1
Jewish religious literature	1
Religious narrative	1
Wisdom literature	1
ascetic literature	1
devotional literary tradition	1
devotional literature tradition	1
evangelical literature	1
evangelistic literature	1
genre of religious literature	1
historical religious text	1
pilgrimage literature	1
poetic religious text	1
religious anthology	1
religious booklet	1
religious commentary book	1
religious compendium	1
religious educational publication	1
religious educational resource	1
religious essay	1
religious law text	1
religious literature genre	1
religious music book	1
religious narrative genre	1
religious narrative tradition	1
religious novel	1
religious parable	1
religious primer	1
religious quotation	1
religious tale	1
religious teaching	1
religious text commentary	1
religious text concept	1
religious text content	1
religious text narrative	1
religious thought writing	1
religious writing tradition	1
religious-political book	1
religiousLiterature	1
work of Christian literature	1

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Class: religious literature

Generated description

Religious literature is a body of written works—such as scriptures, theological treatises, devotional texts, and spiritual narratives—created to express, interpret, and transmit the beliefs, practices, values, and experiences of a religious tradition.

Instances (541)

Instance	Via concept surface
Preaching and Preachers	Christian literature
The Cattle	religious text section
The Spoils of War	religious text section
The Thunder	religious text section
Vaishnava Padavali poetry	devotional literary tradition
Uthmani script of the Quran	religious writing tradition
al-Hikam al-‘Ata’iyya	Islamic spiritual classic
Amuktamalyada	devotional literature
Creation of Adam	religious narrative
Rebellion of Iblis	religious story
Event of the Cloak	religious narrative
Jain literature	—
parable of the two gardens surface form: Parable of the Two Gardens	religious narrative
Puranas	religious text genre
Dharmashastras	religious law text
Arjuna Vishada Yoga	religious text section
The Pilgrimage	religious text section
Spiritual Exercises	Christian devotional work
The Believers	religious text section
Second Book of Discipline	historical religious text
The Criterion between truth and falsehood	religious text section
Sefer Yetzirah	Jewish mystical text
Etz Chaim	Jewish mystical text
Enuma Elish	religious narrative
The Art of Happiness	spiritual book
Ethics for the New Millennium	spiritual book
To Heal a Fractured World	religious work
Zohar	Jewish mystical text
ten plagues of Egypt surface form: Ten Plagues of Egypt	religious narrative
Book of Wisdom	poetic religious text
Sefer HaBahir	Jewish mystical text
Qurʾan manuscript in Chester Beatty Library	religious manuscript
Hymns in Prose for Children	devotional literature
Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai	religious narrative
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures	Christian Science text
Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896	Christian Science literature
No and Yes	Christian Science literature
Rudimental Divine Science	Christian Science text
Journals of George Whitefield	religious autobiography
The Stories	religious text section
The Crowds	religious text section
A Confession	spiritual autobiography
The Twelve	prophetic work
De regno Christi	Christian literature
Dnyaneshwari	devotional text
St. John Climacus surface form: The Ladder of Divine Ascent	spiritual treatise
Rabbinic literature	—
Dasbodh	spiritual text
Atmatattvavidya	spiritual treatise
The Wind-Curved Sandhills	religious text section