Sacred text

Sacred text
Type	Concept / ideal
Field	Philosophy of religion
Category

Sacred text is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of sacred texts, symbols, and narratives: texts, myths, symbols, images, stories, and interpretive forms used by religious traditions.

Overview

This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of Sacred text. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.

In philosophy of religion

In philosophy of religion, concepts such as Sacred text can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.

Associated traditions and worldviews

The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:

• Christianity
• Islam
• Judaism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Sikhism
• Shinto
• Ancient Egyptian religion
• Ancient Greek religion
• New Religious Movements
• Baha'i Faith
• Druze
• Samaritanism
• Mandaeism
• Yarsanism
• Yazidism
• Alevism
• Black Hebrew Israelites
• Moorish Science Temple of America
• Nation of Islam
• Unification Church
• Christian Science
• Zoroastrianism
• Daoism
• Confucianism
• Cheondoism
• Cao Dai
• Tenrikyo

Related concepts

• Sacred history
• Interpretation
• Canonization
• Oral tradition
• Mythic history
• Creation myth
• Flood myth
• Cosmic battle

See also

• Philosophy of religion
• Religious concepts and ideals
• Concepts and ideals by tradition