Ninian Smart states that the study of religion is "polymethodic," requiring the study of many disciplines, including literature and other forms of fiction that provide us with insight into the feelings of others.
In light of what you read in Chapter 4 of Worldviews concerning Smart's view of the power of history and myth and the consequent struggle between history as myth and history as the result of critical inquiry, do you agree that literature and other forms of fiction help us to learn about religion? If so, why? If not, why not?