On Religious Literature

Abstract

Religious Literature, as the term suggests, is a discipline concerning the sorting out and studying religious literature. The objects of research are all the carriers or media which record religious knowledge and information. It is a basic cross-disciplinary subject of humanities. Study and comparison of religious literature can inform us of the train of thought of people both ancient and present, and tell us how an ideology of beliefs evolves under the influence of a certain social environment. Moreover, by studying and comparing religious literature, we can become aware of human wisdom with which people handled or settled many major issues.