Religious and spiritual writing meant to guide a reader inward or toward a good death, including spiritual literature about the link between people and the divine, the Zen koan used in contemplative practice, the ars moriendi that teaches the art of dying well, and the ioca monachorum of questions and answers for monks. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes a text for spiritual formation, contemplation or practical guidance of the devout. It excludes saints' lives, devotional verse and liturgical books, which have their own groups.
Spiritual Guidance and Contemplative Texts
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Ars moriendi (Wikipedia)
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The Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") are two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to "die well" according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages.
Ioca monachorum - Wikipedia
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The ioca (or joca) monachorum, meaning "monks' pastimes" or "monks' jokes", was a genre of short questions and answers for use by Christian monks.
Koan (Wikipedia)
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A kōan ( KOH-a(h)n; Japanese: 公案; Chinese: 公案; pinyin: gōng'àn [kʊ́ŋ ân]; Korean: 화두; Vietnamese: công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from Chinese Chan Buddhist lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Chan, Zen, Seon and Thiền Buddhist practice in different ways.
Spiritual literature - Wikipedia
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Spiritual literature is a genre of literature that seeks to explore themes of the connection between people and the divine.
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