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Church of All Worlds – Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (inspired a non-fictional religious group of the same name) Church of Science – the bogus religion established by Salvor Hardin in Isaac Asimov's Foundation; The Covenant Religion, also known as "The Great Journey" – Halo; Cthulhu Mythos cults – Cthulhu Mythos
Some fictional religions have gained real followers in the real world and some works of fiction have inspired new religious movements (for example, Jediism or Matrixism); others have been intended from the beginning as parody religions (for example, Discordianism and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster).
Some of the more popular clergy, members of religious orders, and other religious personages featured in works of fiction are listed below. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Pages in category "Fictional religions" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a navigational list of deities exclusively from fictional works, organized primarily by media type then by title of the fiction work, series, franchise or author. . This list does not include deities worshipped by humans in real life that appear in fictional works unless they are distinct enough to be mentioned in a Wikipedia article separate from the articles for the entities they are ...
This can be done through fictional religions found in many works of fiction - one example of this can be the Bokononism from the novel Cat's Cradle (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut. [1] Another example of this is the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which parodies the demand for equal time employed by intelligent design and creationism. [2]
Fictional religious workers (10 C, 8 P) Superheroes by religion (5 C) A. Fictional atheists and agnostics (28 P) B. Fictional Buddhists (2 C, 7 P) C. Fictional ...
For example, Roger Olson notes that the problem of evil is a feature of some significant theological fiction. [ 7 ] Theological fiction also overlaps with religious fiction or Christian novels (also called inspirational fiction ), especially when dealing with complex ideas such as redemption , salvation and predestination , which have a direct ...