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A tract is a literary work and, in current usage, usually religious in nature. The notion of what constitutes a tract has changed over time. By the early part of the 21st century, a tract referred to a brief pamphlet used for religious and political purposes, though far more often the former. Tracts are often either left for someone to find or handed out. However, there have been times in history when the term implied tome-like works. A tractate, a derivative of a tract, is equivalent in Hebrew literature to a chapter of the Christian Bible.

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  • トラクト (ja)
  • Tract (literature) (en)
  • Traktat (skrift) (sv)
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  • A tract is a literary work and, in current usage, usually religious in nature. The notion of what constitutes a tract has changed over time. By the early part of the 21st century, a tract referred to a brief pamphlet used for religious and political purposes, though far more often the former. Tracts are often either left for someone to find or handed out. However, there have been times in history when the term implied tome-like works. A tractate, a derivative of a tract, is equivalent in Hebrew literature to a chapter of the Christian Bible. (en)
  • トラクト(英語: Tract)とはある考えまたは主張をカードまたは小冊子にまとめたもので、よく宗教関係または政治関係で使われる。トラクトが意味するものは、時代の変遷と共に変わってきた。21世紀の原題が宗教関係および政治関係であるが、しばしは宗教関係が多く、誰かが配布したり、どこかに置いて見てもらうようになった。歴史的にはトラクトは、本または小冊子の形であった時もある。日本では、特にキリスト教の宣伝カード、パンフレットとして使われる用語である。 (ja)
  • En traktat är en liten propagandistisk skrift, oftast religiös (kristen) men kan även vara politisk. En typisk religiös traktat var moraliskt uppbygglig, snarare än teologiskt spetsfundig. Under 1800-talet bildades särskilda traktatsällskap vars verksamhet var kristen mission genom produktion och spridande av traktater. Ett viktigt centrum för denna rörelse, som spred sig över hela västvärlden, var London-baserade bildat 1799. Många av de traktat som spreds i Sverige var ursprungligen brittiska och hade ett reformert, icke-lutherskt innehåll.[källa behövs] (sv)
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