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[[caption-width-right:350:A [[TheBeautifulElite pleasing]], [[PrettyInMink pretty]], [[PurityPersonified pure]] [[PrincessClassic princess]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal piously prays penitently for plentiful, peaceful providence]].]]

->''"Well the Protestants hate the Catholics\\
And the Catholics hate the Protestants\\
And the Hindus hate the Muslims\\
And ''everybody'' hates the Jews!"''
-->--'''Music/TomLehrer''', "National Brotherhood Week", ''Music/ThatWasTheYearThatWas''

Tropes about religion, non religion, spirituality, divinity, and the afterlife.
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!!Tropes:
[[index]]
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[[folder:Religion in general]]
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'''UsefulNotes:'''
+ '''UsefulNotes/{{Religion}}'''
++ {{Mythology}}
++ SacredLiterature
+ UsefulNotes/ReligiousLeaders

'''Religious media:'''
+ ReligiousEdutainment
+ ReligiousProgrammes

'''Trope categories:'''
+ AfterlifeTropes
+ AngelicTropes
+ ApocalypticIndex
+ BiblicalMotifs
+ GodTropes
+ IndexOfPrayerAndMeditation
+ InfernalTropes
+ RebirthAndReincarnationTropes
+ ResurrectionTropes
+ RitualsAndCeremonies
+ TropesOfTheDivine
+ TropesOfTheSoul
]
* AgainstMyReligion: Someone refuses to do something because they claim it goes against their religious beliefs.
* AllHailTheGreatGodMickey: When secular pop-culture icons become worshiped like gods.
* AncestorVeneration: The veneration, exaltation, and/or outright worship of one's ancestors.
* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Heaven versus Hell [[MeleeATrois versus]]... [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian cosmic horrors]]?
* AngelUnaware: An angel, deity, or similar being masquerades as a regular mortal in order to test people's goodwill.
* AnimalReligion: When [[AnimalAnthropomorphismTropes non-human beasts]] develop religious beliefs.
* AnswerToPrayers: A character prays, and gets results
* ApocalypseCult: A religious movement which is centered around the observance of a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt doomsday prophecy]].
* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: A HumanSacrifice is thrown into a volcano to appease the volcano god.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: A work of fiction features an inaccurate portrayal of real-life religion.
* BadassPreacher: A priest who is brave or awesome.
* BadHabits: When villains disguise themselves as clergy.
* BaldMystic: Draws greatly from the practice of tonsure, so religious mystical characters are often bald.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A story portrays people with religious beliefs as being dumb and gullible.
* BlasphemousBoast: Someone brags about themselves in a way that insults a deity.
* BlasphemousPraise: Someone compliments another person in a way that insults a deity.
* BookBurning: The physical desecration of literature, which may be done as an act of religiously motivated censorship (or protest).
* BoringReligiousService: Religious services are presented as dull or tedious.
* BreedingCult: A religious movement which is centered around sexual procreation.
* BurnTheWitch: When (real or alleged) [[WitchesAndWizards magic users]] are persecuted by religious authorities who consider witchcraft to be an unholy sin.
* TheCardinalVirtues
* CargoCult: A religion which worships an inanimate object that is mistaken for a deity or divine artifact.
* CaughtUpInTheRapture
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: High-ranking biblical angels.
* TheChurch: A religious organization with centralized authority (especially, but not limited to, many various Christian denominations).
* ChurchgoingVillain: A bad guy who is devoutly religious despite their sinful lifestyle.
* ChurchLady: A female character is noted for her involvement in her local religious community.
* ChurchMilitant: Fanatical religious warriors.
* ChurchOfHappyology: A not-so-subtle parody of Scientology (a new religious movement founded by Creator/LRonHubbard).
* ChurchPolice: Religious law enforcement.
* ConfessInConfidence
* ConvertingForLove: Changing one's religious beliefs to match those of their romantic partner or spouse.
* CorruptChurch: A religious organization that is run by [[HidingBehindReligion hypocritical]], [[SinisterMinister self-serving priests]].
* CrossMeltingAura: Some demons are so powerful that holy objects have little or no effect on them.
* {{Cult}}: A minor religious sect, often relatively new, that doesn't get along very well with nonbelievers or mainstream society. The term "cult" is usually used with a negative connotation to refer to religions that are (considered to be) morally bankrupt.
* CultColony: A religious group establishes their own settlement that is isolated from other civilizations.
* CultDefector: Someone who rebels against their brainwashing by a religious cult.
* TheDayOfReckoning
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils
* DevilInDisguise
* DirtyOldMonk: This perverted preacher is a DirtyOldMan who doesn't seem to take his own VowOfCelibacy too seriously.
* DivineRightOfKings: When monarchs claim that their political power is justified by God's will.
* {{Druid}}: An ancient Celtic pagan priest.
* DruidicSickle: Pagan priests carry sickles, often for usage in sacrifice.
* DuelingMessiahs
* EgocentricallyReligious: Someone whose religious beliefs are very fanatical and self-serving.
* EmergencyMultifaithPrayer: When their life is in danger, someone starts pleading with multiple deities of different religions to save them.
* FaithHeelTurn: Loss of religious faith leads to adopting a sinful lifestyle.
* FakeFaithHealer: A ConArtist who fools sick people into believing they can be cured through the powers of God instead of modern medicine.
* FalseProphet: They claim to be the messenger of God or the gods, but they're actually charlatans.
* FantasticNirvana: Fictional religions in which an aspirant must reach a final state of ultimate bliss/freedom while still living.
* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Real-world religions are practiced differently in [[SpeculativeFiction fantasy or science-fiction settings]].
* FantasyCounterpartReligion: The religious beliefs held by a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fictional nation or ethnic group]].
* FemaleAngelMaleDemon
* FirstChurchOfMecha
* TheFundamentalist: A super-fanatical religious person who believes everyone else should follow their strictly pious lifestyle, and derides anyone who disagrees with them.
* GiantAnimalWorship: Revering big beasts as gods.
* GiveMeASign: Someone asks for the god they believe in to show evidence that they're doing the right thing.
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: The forces of [[LightIsNotGood Heaven]] and [[DarkIsEvil Hell]] are ''both'' evil and antagonistic towards humanity.
* GoodFortuneFromGod
* GreedyTelevangelist: A televangelist OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* HammerOfTheHoly: Priests, paladins, and other holy or religious fighters carry hammers, maces, staves, or other blunt weapons.
* HeavenAbove
* HeavenSeeker: Someone who's trying to earn eternal salvation in {{Heaven}}.
* HeelFaithTurn: A sinner turns good after finding religion.
* HeavenVersusHell: The respective forces of {{Heaven}} ({{God}}, [[TheArmiesOfHeaven angels]]) and {{Hell}} ({{Satan}}, [[TheLegionsOfHell demons]]) are opposed to each other.
* HellHasNewManagement
* HellOfAHeaven: Heaven isn't half the paradise it's said to be.
* HellSeeker: Someone who's actually looking forward to eternal ''damnation in {{Hell}}''.
* TheHeretic: Someone who holds dissenting or unorthodox beliefs that are opposed to mainstream religious teachings.
* HidingBehindReligion: A hypocritical sinner who is outwardly religious.
* HighPriest: The top priest in charge of leading a religious organization.
* HollywoodAtheist: The stereotype that atheists either lost their belief in God because of misfortune they suffered or are close-minded jerks to everyone who has religious beliefs.
* HollywoodDreamtime: Common stereotypes associated with followers of [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Aboriginal Australian religions]].
* HollywoodExorcism: Holy rituals that are performed by a priest to rid someone of an [[DemonicPossession invasive evil spirit]].
* HollywoodSatanism: Common stereotypes associated with people who [[{{UsefulNotes/Satanism}} worship the Devil]].
* HollywoodVoodoo: Common stereotypes associated with followers of {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo religions.
* HolyBurnsEvil: Religious objects can protect you from demons, vampires, and other unholy sinister creatures.
* HolyCity: A city that is especially sacred to a particular religion.
* HolyGround: A place that is considered to be religiously sacred, such as the site of a temple.
* HolyHalo
* HolyHitman: A ProfessionalKiller who happens to be quite religious.
* HolyIsNotSafe: Beings/entities/objects from {{Heaven}} are just as dangerous to mortals as anything from {{Hell}} can be.
* HolyPipeOrgan
* HolyWater: Water that has been specially blessed by a priest or comes from a [[HolyGround sacred place]].
* HotForPreacher: Someone grows attracted to a priest. Which may cause complications if said priest is (supposed to be) a [[VowOfCelibacy celibate monk or nun]].
* HumanSacrifice: The ritualized murder of other people, done as an offering to the gods.
* IllegalReligion: A religion that is banned and persecuted by the government.
* ImprovisedCross
* IncrediblyInconvenientDeity
* InspiringSermon: A religious sermon that deeply inspires the audience, in-universe
* InterfaithSmoothie: A syncretic religion that combines the beliefs of multiple different religions.
* KnockingOnHeathensDoor
* LoveIsLikeReligion
* MachineWorship: Religious devotion to a mechanical entity.
* MartyrdomCulture: When it leads to people sacrificing themselves in the name of their god.
* MeditationPowerup
* MysteryCult: A very secretive sect which keeps their beliefs and practices hidden from nonbelievers.
* MythicalMotifs
* MythologyUpgrade
* NotAfraidOfHell: Someone who is unconcerned that their sinful behavior may earn them eternal damnation.
* OfferingsToTheGods: Religious rituals which involve appeasing a deity with some sort of "gift" (most commonly food or animal sacrifices).
* OhMyGods: When just saying "OhMyGod!" isn't sufficient if you're a polytheist.
* OneTrueFaith: Only one religion really matters in a setting.
* OutsourcingFate
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: A story takes place in a future where (almost) nobody is really religious anymore.
* PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: Natural phenomenon is attributed to gods or other mythic figures doing a mystical version of a mundane task.
* ParodyReligion: A satirical fake religion.
* PascalsWager: Choosing to believe in God to avoid hell just in case He exists.
* PathOfInspiration: A seemingly benevolent religious movement which secretly has far more sinister goals.
* PedophilePriest: A perverted preacher who tries to molest or rape children. Usually stereotyped as being (though not necessarily always) a Roman Catholic Christian minister.
* {{Pilgrimage}}: A trip for a religious purpose.
* PiousMonster: When creatures who are considered to be "[[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]]" or "[[OurMonstersAreDifferent monstrous]]" (if not outright [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic]] and [[HolyBurnsEvil unholy]]) still respect and worship God for some reason.
* PrayerIsALastResort: When someone who's not particularly devout or pious about their faith starts praying as a desperate measure to find solutions to their problems.
* PrayerOfMalice: When a [[EgocentricallyReligious cruel and petty person]] prays to their god by asking for a divine curse on their enemies.
* PrayerPose: Common poses and gestures made while praying, which varies by religion.
* PreacherMan
* PrecursorWorship: When an ancient {{precursor|s}} civilization are revered as gods by people in the present day.
* PreApprovedSermon
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: The places where dead people who are neither good enough for {{Heaven}} nor bad enough for {{Hell}} end up going to.
* RealMenLoveJesus: A badass religious character (despite the name, not necessarily a Christian).
* ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence
* ReligionIsMagic: When prayers to your god can double as magical spells.
* ReligionIsRight
* ReligionIsWrong
* ReligionOfEvil: A religion that is [[CardCarryingVillain explicitly evil]] and worships [[GodOfEvil sinister deities or demons]].
* ReligionRantSong: A song that attacks religion or religious figures.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Naming someone or something after a deity, prophet, saint, or anyone/anything else of religious significance.
* ReligiousBruiser: A fighter who takes their faith very seriously.
* ReligiousHorror: A subgenre of (supernatural) horror fiction that relies on theological or mythological themes.
* ReligiousRobot: A [[RobotRollCall sapient machine]] with religious beliefs.
* ReligiousRussianRoulette
* ReligiousStereotype: {{Stereotype}}s associated with followers of particular religions.
* ReligiousVampire: Even [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] can choose to worship God and pray to Him.
* RobotReligion: An organized religion developed by mechanical beings.
* TheSacredDarkness
* SacredFlames: Holy fire.
* SacredLanguage: A particular language is of great religious significance.
* SacredScripture: Holy books and texts.
* SadlyMythcharacterized: Inaccurate portrayals of particular mythical/religious figures.
* SadlyMythtaken: When entire mythologies are radically altered in a fictional adaptation.
* SaintlyChurch: A religious organization that actually wants to do good and righteous deeds for the world.
* SaveYourDeity
* ScamReligion: A fake religion that is founded by its leader solely to fool gullible people out of their money.
* ScaryAmoralReligion: A religion founded on ruthless BlueAndOrangeMorality (as opposed to a {{Card Carrying|Villain}} ReligionOfEvil).
* SecretCircleOfSecrets
* SeekingSanctuary
* SentientCosmicForce
* {{Sermonette}}: A short message, usually delivered by a Christian clergyman, shown at the end of a TV station's broadcast day.
* SexyPriest: A preacher who is quite handsome or beautiful.
* ShrinesAndTemples: Buildings and places that are dedicated to the worship of a deity.
* SillyPrayer: A prayer that is comedic in some way.
* SinEater: A person who literally or metaphorically takes on people's sins to purify them. Or who claims to be doing this by targeting people they believe to be sinners.
* SinglePreceptReligion
* SinisterMinister: A corrupt, self-serving priest who may be outright evil.
* SongOfPrayer: Singing and dancing to express one's thoughts to God.
* TheSoulSaver
* SoulSavingCrusader
* StaffOfAuthority
* SternSunWorshippers: Dogmatic devotees of solar deities.
* SuspiciouslySpecificSermon
* TargetedHumanSacrifice: They can't just grab any random person to kill, they need a specific type of individual for the sacrifice.
%%* ATasteOfTheLash
* TheTeetotaler: Someone who abstains from drinking alcohol. While there can be secular motives for teetotalism, many people do so because their religious beliefs frown upon getting intoxicated.
* ThankTheMaker: A robot or A.I. worships its creator.
* TheTheocracy: A system of government run by priests who rule through religious laws, as opposed to a secular government.
* {{Theotech}}
* ThereIsAGod: Someone is happy about something they wanted to happen and sees it as proof that God does exist.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: The one member of a group who is explicitly shown to have religious beliefs.
* TribeOfPriests: A whole community of religious preachers.
* TurbulentPriest
* TurnToReligion
* UniversalChaplain: Military chaplains are priests who provide religious services to fellow soldiers, regardless of their faith.
* UnwantedFalseFaith: Someone is dismayed that people worship them under the mistaken assumption that they're divine.
* VirginSacrifice: When a HumanSacrifice (usually a young woman or girl) is required to have never had sex before.
* VirtueViceCodification
* VowOfCelibacy: Some clergy (especially monks and nuns) have sworn to never marry or have sex, and instead devote their whole lives to practicing their religion.
* WarriorMonk: An ordained priest who is also a professional soldier.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Divinity]]
* TheAlmightyDollar: A deity associated with money and wealth.
* AnswersToTheNameOfGod: Someone with a high opinion of themselves assumes that a person exclaiming "God" was referring to them.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: In many polytheistic religions, each deity in the pantheon is associated with their own specific concepts related to human society or the natural world; and they are often depicted or described as being [[HumanoidAbomination very humanlike entities]].
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: The gods punish people by having them struck with lightning.
* BorrowinSamedi: An {{expy}} of Baron Samedi, the {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo god of death.
* CrossoverCosmology: In a world where AllMythsAreTrue, multiple pantheons of deities from different religious mythologies all somehow coexist together.
* DarkMessiah
* DeathOfTheOldGods
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: A god who was formerly a mortal.
* DeityOfMortalCreation: A god made by a mortal(s).
* DevilButNoGod: {{Satan}} appears in the story, but there's no sign of {{God}} being around for some reason.
* DevilComplex: Someone believes themselves to be the Devil.
* DivineDate: A mortal is ''literally'' in love with an actual god.
* DivineIntervention: A god directly gets involved in mortal affairs.
* DivinePunishment: When a god punishes someone (justified or not) for perceived transgressions.
* DivineRaceLift: A deity's physical appearance is depicted differently depending on the adaptation.
* DivineRanks: All the deities in a pantheon are classified into a hierarchy.
* DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Being raped by a deity isn't considered as bad as being raped by another mortal.
* EverybodyHatesHades: [[{{Psychopomp}} The god of death]] is an outcast to the other gods.
* EverybodyLovesZeus: [[TopGod The leader of the gods]] gets all the positive attention.
* FantasyPantheon: A group of deities that are worshipped in a [[FantasyCounterpartReligion fictional religion]].
* FertilityGod: A god or goddess who can create life.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Gods and spirits may assume forms that humans are accustomed to, in order to keep from [[GoMadFromTheRevelation driving the mortals buggo with how they really look]].
* AGodAmI: Someone believes themselves to be a god.
* AGodIAmNot: A person has great power but does not believe that this makes them special or above others.
* AGodIsYou
* GodBeforeDogma
* GodCouple: When two deities fall in love or get married.
* GodEmperor: A monarch who is worshiped as a deity by their subjects.
* GodGuise: A mortal is worshiped as a "god" under false pretenses.
* GodIsEvil: God is portrayed as cruel and malevolent.
* GodIsFlawed: God is not perfect and has the same faults as humans do.
* GodIsGood: God is portrayed as kind and benevolent.
* GodIsLoveSongs
* GodKartingWithBeelzebub: {{God}} and {{Satan}} are actually quite friendly to each other.
* GodOfEvil: A god who personifies all that is bad.
* GodOfGood: A god who personifies all that is good.
* GodsHandsAreTied: God has reasons why He can't just fix everything.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gods can only exist or stay powerful [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve just as long as there are people who still believe or worship them]].
* GodTest
* GodlySidestep
* TheGrimReaper: A personification of death in Western pop culture, who may be identified with the ArchangelAzrael.
* TheHandIsGod: God or some similar all-powerful being is depicted as a disembodied hand.
* HealerGod: A god or goddess whose specialty is healing or medicine.
* HotGod: A god or goddess who is very beautiful.
* JerkassGods: Arrogant deities who look down on mortals or cruelly abuse them.
* LoveGoddess: A goddess associated with romantic love and/or sexual lust.
* MarriageToAGod: A mortal is (figuratively) married to a deity.
* MessianicArchetype: A holy savior figure in the vein of {{UsefulNotes/Jesus}}.
* TheModernGods: Gods that suit the here and now.
* NatureSpirit: A deity associated with some aspect of the natural world.
* TheOldGods: The previous group of deities who ruled before the current pantheon came to power.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: Exactly what kind of being gets to be defined as a deity can vary greatly depending on the story.
* PantheonSitcom: The gods are up to some crazy antics.
* PatronGod: A god or goddess regularly rewards his or her followers for their devotion and piety.
* PhysicalReligion
* {{Psychopomp}}: A deity or spirit who is associated with death, responsible for killing off mortals and/or bringing their souls over to the afterlife.
* {{Shinigami}}: A spirit of death, depicted as a kind of {{youkai}} in Myth/JapaneseMythology.
* StopWorshippingMe: Not all deities are flattered by mortals praying to them.
* TricksterGod: A deity who represents trickery and deceit, often fooling and manipulating both their fellow deities and mortals alike.
* UnusualHalo
* WarGod: A deity who represents warfare and violent conflict, whom soldiers and warriors are expected to pray to for winning battles.
* YinYangClash: Undefeatable absolutes come into conflict.
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[[folder:Spirituality]]
* BargainWithHeaven: Someone gets what they want by making a deal with {{God}} or some other divine being.
* CallItKarma
* CosmicKeystone
* CrisisOfFaith: Someone begins to doubt and question their religious beliefs.
* DealWithTheDevil: Someone gets what they want by making a deal with {{Satan}} or some other demonic being.
* EvilStoleMyFaith: Someone loses their religious beliefs because of a personal tragedy, or otherwise witnessing something grossly cruel and unfair.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Someone disbelieves in deities, spirits, or other supernatural phenomena, [[ArbitrarySkepticism even though it has been proven to unambiguously exist in the setting]].
* HenotheisticSociety: When it's the societal norm for someone or a group of people to worship one god of a FantasyPantheon far more than the others.
* MissionFromGod: When someone believes their goals were given to them by orders from God.
* TheMissionary: A traveling priest who seeks to spread their faith by proselytizing and converting other people.
* NayTheist: A person who is aware of deities' existence, but denies their existence just to spite them.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Someone expresses anger and blame at God (or the gods) due to their life being so miserable.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Something inserted for symbolic value.
* SanctuaryOfSolitude
* SecularHero: A hero who lacks religious beliefs.
* SmiteMeOMightySmiter
* VisionQuest
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[[folder:Christianity]]
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'''Also see:'''
+ ChristianFiction
+ ChristmasTropes
]
* AmbiguouslyChristian: A character is implied but not confirmed outright to follow some sort of Christianity.
* AmbivalentAnglican: A member of the Church of England who seems indifferent to Christian dogma.
* AnimeCatholicism: [[ArtisticLicenseReligion Inaccurate portrayals of Catholic Christianity]] in Japanese media.
* ArtisticLicenseTraditionalChristianity
* AsTheGoodBookSays: A character quotes verses from the Literature/TheBible.
* BiggerThanJesus
* BigRedDevil
* CaughtUpInTheRapture
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Roman Catholicism is the only Christian denomination that tends to get any depiction in most works of fiction.
* ChurchOfSaintGenericus
* CloneJesus
* {{Confessional}}: A private space in some churches where a priest listens to a parishioner confessing their sins.
* CreepyCathedral: A big, dark, and foreboding church that you probably wouldn't want to ever visit alone at night.
* CreepyCatholicism: The Roman Catholic Church depicted as being [[CorruptChurch evil]] or at least associated with scary things.
* CreepyCrosses
* CrucialCross
* CrystalDragonJesus: A [[FantasyCounterpartReligion fictional religion]] inspired by Christianity.
* CulturallyReligious: Someone who grew up religious, but no longer practices or believes it, yet their life is still influenced by it.
* DarkShepherd
* TheDescendantsOfCain
* EasterBunny
* EasyEvangelism
* EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: The holiday of Christmas is widely celebrated even beyond the Christian world.
* EvilJesuit: A Roman Catholic SinisterMinister.
* FallenAngel
* FantasticCatholicism: The Roman Catholic Church are [[ReligionIsMagic directly connected to the supernatural world]].
* GoodShepherd: A priest who only wants what's best for the people he's guiding.
* HijackedByJesus
* HippieJesus
* HollywoodApocrypha: Someone [[BeamMeUpScotty erroneously quotes a fake biblical verse]].
* HollywoodJehovahsWitness: Common stereotypes associated with members of the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanChurches Jehovah's Witnesses]] sect.
* HollywoodNuns: Common stereotypes associated with Roman Catholic nuns.
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse
* InMysteriousWays
* IrishPriest: An Irish Catholic priest.
* JesusTaboo
* JesusTheEarlyYears
* JesusWasCrazy
* JesusWasWayCool
* KungFuJesus
* LockedAwayInAMonastery
* MadonnaArchetype
* NaughtyNuns: Sexually seductive nuns who don't take their own VowOfCelibacy too seriously.
* NewEnglandPuritan: A particular group of English Protestant settlers who migrated to colonial America, whose super-strict religious practices gave rise to the term "[[TheFundamentalist puritanical]]".
* NunsAreFunny
* NunsAreMikos
* NunsAreSpooky
* NunTooHoly: A character who looks and is treated like a nun (or a priestess, shrine maiden, etc.), but acts nothing like you'd expect.
* PassionPlay
* PatronSaint
* ReligiousRedub
* SantaClausmas: A secularized version of Christmas without any religious elements. Typically revolves around SantaClaus instead of UsefulNotes/JesusChrist.
* SevenDeadlySins
* SevenHeavenlyVirtues
* SymbolicBaptism
* TakingTheVeil
* TwistedEucharist
* TheVicar
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: A stereotypical snobby American white person.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Judaism]]
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'''Also see:'''
+ JudaismAndJewishCultureInMedia
+ ANiceJewishIndex
]
* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: The inaccurate stereotype that every Jew is an ethnic Ashkenazi from Central/Eastern Europe.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: A character is implied but not confirmed outright to be a Jew or follower of Judaism.
* {{Golem}}: Clay sculptures made by rabbis in imitation of God's creation of humans. Its origins are based on the legendary tale of a clay creature that was said to have been brought to life by a rabbi in 16th century Prague.
* GratuitousUseOfTheTallit
* GreedyJew: An Antisemitic stereotype and conspiracy theory, of Jews all being {{greed}}y {{money fetish}}ists who [[CorruptCorporateExecutive control every major business industry]] ([[MorallyBankruptBanker especially finance]]), and they often [[GovernmentConspiracy secretly manipulate politics in their favor as well]].
* InformedJudaism: A character is stated to be (religiously) Jewish, but doesn't really act much like it.
* MagicalJew: A wise Jewish person, often a rabbi or mystic.
* MosesArchetype: StockParodies of Moses.
* TzadikimNistarim: Hebrew for "The Hidden Righteous Ones", a number of people whose existence keeps the world going. (The idea also exists in other religions, but this is the one which is most widely known.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Islam]]
* AllMuslimsAreArab: The inaccurate stereotype that every Muslim is an ethnic Arab or speaks Arabic.
* {{Eurabia}}: An Islamophobic stereotype and conspiracy theory, of Muslims all being [[TheFundamentalist fanatical religious extremists]] who really wish to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the (Western) world]] through immigration and terrorism, and then convert or destroy every single non-Muslim.
* HidingInAHijab: Wearing a headscarf, face veil, or full-body cloak in order to disguise oneself as a devoutly religious Muslim woman.
* MiddleEasternTerrorists: Although secular or even non-Muslim examples exist, the most common variation of this trope usually involves mujahideen (or jihadists) -- [[TheFundamentalist Islamist]] [[ChurchMilitant religious militants]] who commit acts of violence in hopes of spreading their fundamentalist ideology, which demands the creation of [[TheTheocracy an Islamic state governed by religious laws]].
* MistakenForTerrorist: Most variations of this trope involve innocent Muslims (or non-Muslim people mistaken for being such, especially Sikhs) getting mistaken for violent Islamic extremists.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:South/East Asian Religions (including Hinduism and Buddhism)]]
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Buddhist monks are often stereotyped as being {{Warrior Monk}}s that are proficient in the martial arts ([[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts especially if]] [[AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu they're Chinese]]).
* AsianRuneChant
* AsleepNotMeditating
* FestivalEpisode
* TheFourGods: A quartet of deities associated with Myth/ChineseMythology.
* HandSeals
* LevitatingLotusPosition: Person/being levitates while in LotusPosition.
* LotusPosition: A common [[PrayerPose meditation pose]] that is often used by Hindus and Buddhists.
* MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: If one wishes to meditate in a place with nice scenery.
* {{Miko}}
* PaperTalisman
* ZigzagPaperTassel
[[/folder]]

[[/index]]
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