| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_praying_02.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:A [[TheBeautifulElite pleasing]], [[PrettyInMink pretty]], [[PurityPersonified pure]] [[PrincessClassic princess]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal piously prays penitently for plentiful, peaceful providence]].]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''"Well the Protestants hate the Catholics\ |
| 5 | And the Catholics hate the Protestants\ |
| 6 | And the Hindus hate the Muslims\ |
| 7 | And ''everybody'' hates the Jews!"'' |
| 8 | -->--'''Music/TomLehrer''', "National Brotherhood Week", ''Music/ThatWasTheYearThatWas'' |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Tropes about religion, non religion, spirituality, divinity, and the afterlife. |
| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | !!Tropes: |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[folder:Religion in general]] |
| 17 | [floatboxright: |
| 18 | '''UsefulNotes:''' |
| 19 | + '''UsefulNotes/{{Religion}}''' |
| 20 | ++ {{Mythology}} |
| 21 | ++ SacredLiterature |
| 22 | + UsefulNotes/ReligiousLeaders |
| 23 | |
| 24 | '''Religious media:''' |
| 25 | + ReligiousEdutainment |
| 26 | + ReligiousProgrammes |
| 27 | |
| 28 | '''Trope categories:''' |
| 29 | + AfterlifeTropes |
| 30 | + AngelicTropes |
| 31 | + ApocalypticIndex |
| 32 | + BiblicalMotifs |
| 33 | + GodTropes |
| 34 | + IndexOfPrayerAndMeditation |
| 35 | + InfernalTropes |
| 36 | + RebirthAndReincarnationTropes |
| 37 | + ResurrectionTropes |
| 38 | + RitualsAndCeremonies |
| 39 | + TropesOfTheDivine |
| 40 | + TropesOfTheSoul |
| 41 | ] |
| 42 | * AgainstMyReligion: Someone refuses to do something because they claim it goes against their religious beliefs. |
| 43 | * AllHailTheGreatGodMickey: When secular pop-culture icons become worshiped like gods. |
| 44 | * AncestorVeneration: The veneration, exaltation, and/or outright worship of one's ancestors. |
| 45 | * AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Heaven versus Hell [[MeleeATrois versus]]... [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian cosmic horrors]]? |
| 46 | * AngelUnaware: An angel, deity, or similar being masquerades as a regular mortal in order to test people's goodwill. |
| 47 | * AnimalReligion: When [[AnimalAnthropomorphismTropes non-human beasts]] develop religious beliefs. |
| 48 | * AnswerToPrayers: A character prays, and gets results |
| 49 | * ApocalypseCult: A religious movement which is centered around the observance of a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt doomsday prophecy]]. |
| 50 | * AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: A HumanSacrifice is thrown into a volcano to appease the volcano god. |
| 51 | * ArtisticLicenseReligion: A work of fiction features an inaccurate portrayal of real-life religion. |
| 52 | * BadassPreacher: A priest who is brave or awesome. |
| 53 | * BadHabits: When villains disguise themselves as clergy. |
| 54 | * BaldMystic: Draws greatly from the practice of tonsure, so religious mystical characters are often bald. |
| 55 | * BeliefMakesYouStupid: A story portrays people with religious beliefs as being dumb and gullible. |
| 56 | * BlasphemousBoast: Someone brags about themselves in a way that insults a deity. |
| 57 | * BlasphemousPraise: Someone compliments another person in a way that insults a deity. |
| 58 | * BookBurning: The physical desecration of literature, which may be done as an act of religiously motivated censorship (or protest). |
| 59 | * BoringReligiousService: Religious services are presented as dull or tedious. |
| 60 | * BreedingCult: A religious movement which is centered around sexual procreation. |
| 61 | * BurnTheWitch: When (real or alleged) [[WitchesAndWizards magic users]] are persecuted by religious authorities who consider witchcraft to be an unholy sin. |
| 62 | * TheCardinalVirtues |
| 63 | * CargoCult: A religion which worships an inanimate object that is mistaken for a deity or divine artifact. |
| 64 | * CaughtUpInTheRapture |
| 65 | * CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: High-ranking biblical angels. |
| 66 | * TheChurch: A religious organization with centralized authority (especially, but not limited to, many various Christian denominations). |
| 67 | * ChurchgoingVillain: A bad guy who is devoutly religious despite their sinful lifestyle. |
| 68 | * ChurchLady: A female character is noted for her involvement in her local religious community. |
| 69 | * ChurchMilitant: Fanatical religious warriors. |
| 70 | * ChurchOfHappyology: A not-so-subtle parody of Scientology (a new religious movement founded by Creator/LRonHubbard). |
| 71 | * ChurchPolice: Religious law enforcement. |
| 72 | * ConfessInConfidence |
| 73 | * ConvertingForLove: Changing one's religious beliefs to match those of their romantic partner or spouse. |
| 74 | * CorruptChurch: A religious organization that is run by [[HidingBehindReligion hypocritical]], [[SinisterMinister self-serving priests]]. |
| 75 | * CrossMeltingAura: Some demons are so powerful that holy objects have little or no effect on them. |
| 76 | * {{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. |
| 77 | * CultColony: A religious group establishes their own settlement that is isolated from other civilizations. |
| 78 | * CultDefector: Someone who rebels against their brainwashing by a religious cult. |
| 79 | * TheDayOfReckoning |
| 80 | * DemonLordsAndArchdevils |
| 81 | * DevilInDisguise |
| 82 | * DirtyOldMonk: This perverted preacher is a DirtyOldMan who doesn't seem to take his own VowOfCelibacy too seriously. |
| 83 | * DivineRightOfKings: When monarchs claim that their political power is justified by God's will. |
| 84 | * {{Druid}}: An ancient Celtic pagan priest. |
| 85 | * DruidicSickle: Pagan priests carry sickles, often for usage in sacrifice. |
| 86 | * DuelingMessiahs |
| 87 | * EgocentricallyReligious: Someone whose religious beliefs are very fanatical and self-serving. |
| 88 | * EmergencyMultifaithPrayer: When their life is in danger, someone starts pleading with multiple deities of different religions to save them. |
| 89 | * FaithHeelTurn: Loss of religious faith leads to adopting a sinful lifestyle. |
| 90 | * FakeFaithHealer: A ConArtist who fools sick people into believing they can be cured through the powers of God instead of modern medicine. |
| 91 | * FalseProphet: They claim to be the messenger of God or the gods, but they're actually charlatans. |
| 92 | * FantasticNirvana: Fictional religions in which an aspirant must reach a final state of ultimate bliss/freedom while still living. |
| 93 | * FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Real-world religions are practiced differently in [[SpeculativeFiction fantasy or science-fiction settings]]. |
| 94 | * FantasyCounterpartReligion: The religious beliefs held by a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture fictional nation or ethnic group]]. |
| 95 | * FemaleAngelMaleDemon |
| 96 | * FirstChurchOfMecha |
| 97 | * TheFundamentalist: A super-fanatical religious person who believes everyone else should follow their strictly pious lifestyle, and derides anyone who disagrees with them. |
| 98 | * GiantAnimalWorship: Revering big beasts as gods. |
| 99 | * GiveMeASign: Someone asks for the god they believe in to show evidence that they're doing the right thing. |
| 100 | * GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: The forces of [[LightIsNotGood Heaven]] and [[DarkIsEvil Hell]] are ''both'' evil and antagonistic towards humanity. |
| 101 | * GoodFortuneFromGod |
| 102 | * GreedyTelevangelist: A televangelist OnlyInItForTheMoney. |
| 103 | * HammerOfTheHoly: Priests, paladins, and other holy or religious fighters carry hammers, maces, staves, or other blunt weapons. |
| 104 | * HeavenAbove |
| 105 | * HeavenSeeker: Someone who's trying to earn eternal salvation in {{Heaven}}. |
| 106 | * HeelFaithTurn: A sinner turns good after finding religion. |
| 107 | * HeavenVersusHell: The respective forces of {{Heaven}} ({{God}}, [[TheArmiesOfHeaven angels]]) and {{Hell}} ({{Satan}}, [[TheLegionsOfHell demons]]) are opposed to each other. |
| 108 | * HellHasNewManagement |
| 109 | * HellOfAHeaven: Heaven isn't half the paradise it's said to be. |
| 110 | * HellSeeker: Someone who's actually looking forward to eternal ''damnation in {{Hell}}''. |
| 111 | * TheHeretic: Someone who holds dissenting or unorthodox beliefs that are opposed to mainstream religious teachings. |
| 112 | * HidingBehindReligion: A hypocritical sinner who is outwardly religious. |
| 113 | * HighPriest: The top priest in charge of leading a religious organization. |
| 114 | * 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. |
| 115 | * HollywoodDreamtime: Common stereotypes associated with followers of [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Aboriginal Australian religions]]. |
| 116 | * HollywoodExorcism: Holy rituals that are performed by a priest to rid someone of an [[DemonicPossession invasive evil spirit]]. |
| 117 | * HollywoodSatanism: Common stereotypes associated with people who [[{{UsefulNotes/Satanism}} worship the Devil]]. |
| 118 | * HollywoodVoodoo: Common stereotypes associated with followers of {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo religions. |
| 119 | * HolyBurnsEvil: Religious objects can protect you from demons, vampires, and other unholy sinister creatures. |
| 120 | * HolyCity: A city that is especially sacred to a particular religion. |
| 121 | * HolyGround: A place that is considered to be religiously sacred, such as the site of a temple. |
| 122 | * HolyHalo |
| 123 | * HolyHitman: A ProfessionalKiller who happens to be quite religious. |
| 124 | * HolyIsNotSafe: Beings/entities/objects from {{Heaven}} are just as dangerous to mortals as anything from {{Hell}} can be. |
| 125 | * HolyPipeOrgan |
| 126 | * HolyWater: Water that has been specially blessed by a priest or comes from a [[HolyGround sacred place]]. |
| 127 | * HotForPreacher: Someone grows attracted to a priest. Which may cause complications if said priest is (supposed to be) a [[VowOfCelibacy celibate monk or nun]]. |
| 128 | * HumanSacrifice: The ritualized murder of other people, done as an offering to the gods. |
| 129 | * IllegalReligion: A religion that is banned and persecuted by the government. |
| 130 | * ImprovisedCross |
| 131 | * IncrediblyInconvenientDeity |
| 132 | * InspiringSermon: A religious sermon that deeply inspires the audience, in-universe |
| 133 | * InterfaithSmoothie: A syncretic religion that combines the beliefs of multiple different religions. |
| 134 | * KnockingOnHeathensDoor |
| 135 | * LoveIsLikeReligion |
| 136 | * MachineWorship: Religious devotion to a mechanical entity. |
| 137 | * MartyrdomCulture: When it leads to people sacrificing themselves in the name of their god. |
| 138 | * MeditationPowerup |
| 139 | * MysteryCult: A very secretive sect which keeps their beliefs and practices hidden from nonbelievers. |
| 140 | * MythicalMotifs |
| 141 | * MythologyUpgrade |
| 142 | * NotAfraidOfHell: Someone who is unconcerned that their sinful behavior may earn them eternal damnation. |
| 143 | * OfferingsToTheGods: Religious rituals which involve appeasing a deity with some sort of "gift" (most commonly food or animal sacrifices). |
| 144 | * OhMyGods: When just saying "OhMyGod!" isn't sufficient if you're a polytheist. |
| 145 | * OneTrueFaith: Only one religion really matters in a setting. |
| 146 | * OutsourcingFate |
| 147 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: A story takes place in a future where (almost) nobody is really religious anymore. |
| 148 | * PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: Natural phenomenon is attributed to gods or other mythic figures doing a mystical version of a mundane task. |
| 149 | * ParodyReligion: A satirical fake religion. |
| 150 | * PascalsWager: Choosing to believe in God to avoid hell just in case He exists. |
| 151 | * PathOfInspiration: A seemingly benevolent religious movement which secretly has far more sinister goals. |
| 152 | * PedophilePriest: A perverted preacher who tries to molest or rape children. Usually stereotyped as being (though not necessarily always) a Roman Catholic Christian minister. |
| 153 | * {{Pilgrimage}}: A trip for a religious purpose. |
| 154 | * 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. |
| 155 | * 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. |
| 156 | * PrayerOfMalice: When a [[EgocentricallyReligious cruel and petty person]] prays to their god by asking for a divine curse on their enemies. |
| 157 | * PrayerPose: Common poses and gestures made while praying, which varies by religion. |
| 158 | * PreacherMan |
| 159 | * PrecursorWorship: When an ancient {{precursor|s}} civilization are revered as gods by people in the present day. |
| 160 | * PreApprovedSermon |
| 161 | * PurgatoryAndLimbo: The places where dead people who are neither good enough for {{Heaven}} nor bad enough for {{Hell}} end up going to. |
| 162 | * RealMenLoveJesus: A badass religious character (despite the name, not necessarily a Christian). |
| 163 | * ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence |
| 164 | * ReligionIsMagic: When prayers to your god can double as magical spells. |
| 165 | * ReligionIsRight |
| 166 | * ReligionIsWrong |
| 167 | * ReligionOfEvil: A religion that is [[CardCarryingVillain explicitly evil]] and worships [[GodOfEvil sinister deities or demons]]. |
| 168 | * ReligionRantSong: A song that attacks religion or religious figures. |
| 169 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Naming someone or something after a deity, prophet, saint, or anyone/anything else of religious significance. |
| 170 | * ReligiousBruiser: A fighter who takes their faith very seriously. |
| 171 | * ReligiousHorror: A subgenre of (supernatural) horror fiction that relies on theological or mythological themes. |
| 172 | * ReligiousRobot: A [[RobotRollCall sapient machine]] with religious beliefs. |
| 173 | * ReligiousRussianRoulette |
| 174 | * ReligiousStereotype: {{Stereotype}}s associated with followers of particular religions. |
| 175 | * ReligiousVampire: Even [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] can choose to worship God and pray to Him. |
| 176 | * RobotReligion: An organized religion developed by mechanical beings. |
| 177 | * TheSacredDarkness |
| 178 | * SacredFlames: Holy fire. |
| 179 | * SacredLanguage: A particular language is of great religious significance. |
| 180 | * SacredScripture: Holy books and texts. |
| 181 | * SadlyMythcharacterized: Inaccurate portrayals of particular mythical/religious figures. |
| 182 | * SadlyMythtaken: When entire mythologies are radically altered in a fictional adaptation. |
| 183 | * SaintlyChurch: A religious organization that actually wants to do good and righteous deeds for the world. |
| 184 | * SaveYourDeity |
| 185 | * ScamReligion: A fake religion that is founded by its leader solely to fool gullible people out of their money. |
| 186 | * ScaryAmoralReligion: A religion founded on ruthless BlueAndOrangeMorality (as opposed to a {{Card Carrying|Villain}} ReligionOfEvil). |
| 187 | * SecretCircleOfSecrets |
| 188 | * SeekingSanctuary |
| 189 | * SentientCosmicForce |
| 190 | * {{Sermonette}}: A short message, usually delivered by a Christian clergyman, shown at the end of a TV station's broadcast day. |
| 191 | * SexyPriest: A preacher who is quite handsome or beautiful. |
| 192 | * ShrinesAndTemples: Buildings and places that are dedicated to the worship of a deity. |
| 193 | * SillyPrayer: A prayer that is comedic in some way. |
| 194 | * 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. |
| 195 | * SinglePreceptReligion |
| 196 | * SinisterMinister: A corrupt, self-serving priest who may be outright evil. |
| 197 | * SongOfPrayer: Singing and dancing to express one's thoughts to God. |
| 198 | * TheSoulSaver |
| 199 | * SoulSavingCrusader |
| 200 | * StaffOfAuthority |
| 201 | * SternSunWorshippers: Dogmatic devotees of solar deities. |
| 202 | * SuspiciouslySpecificSermon |
| 203 | * TargetedHumanSacrifice: They can't just grab any random person to kill, they need a specific type of individual for the sacrifice. |
| 204 | %%* ATasteOfTheLash |
| 205 | * 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. |
| 206 | * ThankTheMaker: A robot or A.I. worships its creator. |
| 207 | * TheTheocracy: A system of government run by priests who rule through religious laws, as opposed to a secular government. |
| 208 | * {{Theotech}} |
| 209 | * ThereIsAGod: Someone is happy about something they wanted to happen and sees it as proof that God does exist. |
| 210 | * TokenReligiousTeammate: The one member of a group who is explicitly shown to have religious beliefs. |
| 211 | * TribeOfPriests: A whole community of religious preachers. |
| 212 | * TurbulentPriest |
| 213 | * TurnToReligion |
| 214 | * UniversalChaplain: Military chaplains are priests who provide religious services to fellow soldiers, regardless of their faith. |
| 215 | * UnwantedFalseFaith: Someone is dismayed that people worship them under the mistaken assumption that they're divine. |
| 216 | * VirginSacrifice: When a HumanSacrifice (usually a young woman or girl) is required to have never had sex before. |
| 217 | * VirtueViceCodification |
| 218 | * 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. |
| 219 | * WarriorMonk: An ordained priest who is also a professional soldier. |
| 220 | [[/folder]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Divinity]] |
| 223 | * TheAlmightyDollar: A deity associated with money and wealth. |
| 224 | * AnswersToTheNameOfGod: Someone with a high opinion of themselves assumes that a person exclaiming "God" was referring to them. |
| 225 | * 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]]. |
| 226 | * BoltOfDivineRetribution: The gods punish people by having them struck with lightning. |
| 227 | * BorrowinSamedi: An {{expy}} of Baron Samedi, the {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo god of death. |
| 228 | * CrossoverCosmology: In a world where AllMythsAreTrue, multiple pantheons of deities from different religious mythologies all somehow coexist together. |
| 229 | * DarkMessiah |
| 230 | * DeathOfTheOldGods |
| 231 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: A god who was formerly a mortal. |
| 232 | * DeityOfMortalCreation: A god made by a mortal(s). |
| 233 | * DevilButNoGod: {{Satan}} appears in the story, but there's no sign of {{God}} being around for some reason. |
| 234 | * DevilComplex: Someone believes themselves to be the Devil. |
| 235 | * DivineDate: A mortal is ''literally'' in love with an actual god. |
| 236 | * DivineIntervention: A god directly gets involved in mortal affairs. |
| 237 | * DivinePunishment: When a god punishes someone (justified or not) for perceived transgressions. |
| 238 | * DivineRaceLift: A deity's physical appearance is depicted differently depending on the adaptation. |
| 239 | * DivineRanks: All the deities in a pantheon are classified into a hierarchy. |
| 240 | * DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Being raped by a deity isn't considered as bad as being raped by another mortal. |
| 241 | * EverybodyHatesHades: [[{{Psychopomp}} The god of death]] is an outcast to the other gods. |
| 242 | * EverybodyLovesZeus: [[TopGod The leader of the gods]] gets all the positive attention. |
| 243 | * FantasyPantheon: A group of deities that are worshipped in a [[FantasyCounterpartReligion fictional religion]]. |
| 244 | * FertilityGod: A god or goddess who can create life. |
| 245 | * 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]]. |
| 246 | * AGodAmI: Someone believes themselves to be a god. |
| 247 | * AGodIAmNot: A person has great power but does not believe that this makes them special or above others. |
| 248 | * AGodIsYou |
| 249 | * GodBeforeDogma |
| 250 | * GodCouple: When two deities fall in love or get married. |
| 251 | * GodEmperor: A monarch who is worshiped as a deity by their subjects. |
| 252 | * GodGuise: A mortal is worshiped as a "god" under false pretenses. |
| 253 | * GodIsEvil: God is portrayed as cruel and malevolent. |
| 254 | * GodIsFlawed: God is not perfect and has the same faults as humans do. |
| 255 | * GodIsGood: God is portrayed as kind and benevolent. |
| 256 | * GodIsLoveSongs |
| 257 | * GodKartingWithBeelzebub: {{God}} and {{Satan}} are actually quite friendly to each other. |
| 258 | * GodOfEvil: A god who personifies all that is bad. |
| 259 | * GodOfGood: A god who personifies all that is good. |
| 260 | * GodsHandsAreTied: God has reasons why He can't just fix everything. |
| 261 | * GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gods can only exist or stay powerful [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve just as long as there are people who still believe or worship them]]. |
| 262 | * GodTest |
| 263 | * GodlySidestep |
| 264 | * TheGrimReaper: A personification of death in Western pop culture, who may be identified with the ArchangelAzrael. |
| 265 | * TheHandIsGod: God or some similar all-powerful being is depicted as a disembodied hand. |
| 266 | * HealerGod: A god or goddess whose specialty is healing or medicine. |
| 267 | * HotGod: A god or goddess who is very beautiful. |
| 268 | * JerkassGods: Arrogant deities who look down on mortals or cruelly abuse them. |
| 269 | * LoveGoddess: A goddess associated with romantic love and/or sexual lust. |
| 270 | * MarriageToAGod: A mortal is (figuratively) married to a deity. |
| 271 | * MessianicArchetype: A holy savior figure in the vein of {{UsefulNotes/Jesus}}. |
| 272 | * TheModernGods: Gods that suit the here and now. |
| 273 | * NatureSpirit: A deity associated with some aspect of the natural world. |
| 274 | * TheOldGods: The previous group of deities who ruled before the current pantheon came to power. |
| 275 | * OurGodsAreDifferent: Exactly what kind of being gets to be defined as a deity can vary greatly depending on the story. |
| 276 | * PantheonSitcom: The gods are up to some crazy antics. |
| 277 | * PatronGod: A god or goddess regularly rewards his or her followers for their devotion and piety. |
| 278 | * PhysicalReligion |
| 279 | * {{Psychopomp}}: A deity or spirit who is associated with death, responsible for killing off mortals and/or bringing their souls over to the afterlife. |
| 280 | * {{Shinigami}}: A spirit of death, depicted as a kind of {{youkai}} in Myth/JapaneseMythology. |
| 281 | * StopWorshippingMe: Not all deities are flattered by mortals praying to them. |
| 282 | * TricksterGod: A deity who represents trickery and deceit, often fooling and manipulating both their fellow deities and mortals alike. |
| 283 | * UnusualHalo |
| 284 | * WarGod: A deity who represents warfare and violent conflict, whom soldiers and warriors are expected to pray to for winning battles. |
| 285 | * YinYangClash: Undefeatable absolutes come into conflict. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Spirituality]] |
| 289 | * BargainWithHeaven: Someone gets what they want by making a deal with {{God}} or some other divine being. |
| 290 | * CallItKarma |
| 291 | * CosmicKeystone |
| 292 | * CrisisOfFaith: Someone begins to doubt and question their religious beliefs. |
| 293 | * DealWithTheDevil: Someone gets what they want by making a deal with {{Satan}} or some other demonic being. |
| 294 | * EvilStoleMyFaith: Someone loses their religious beliefs because of a personal tragedy, or otherwise witnessing something grossly cruel and unfair. |
| 295 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Someone disbelieves in deities, spirits, or other supernatural phenomena, [[ArbitrarySkepticism even though it has been proven to unambiguously exist in the setting]]. |
| 296 | * 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. |
| 297 | * MissionFromGod: When someone believes their goals were given to them by orders from God. |
| 298 | * TheMissionary: A traveling priest who seeks to spread their faith by proselytizing and converting other people. |
| 299 | * NayTheist: A person who is aware of deities' existence, but denies their existence just to spite them. |
| 300 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: Someone expresses anger and blame at God (or the gods) due to their life being so miserable. |
| 301 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Something inserted for symbolic value. |
| 302 | * SanctuaryOfSolitude |
| 303 | * SecularHero: A hero who lacks religious beliefs. |
| 304 | * SmiteMeOMightySmiter |
| 305 | * VisionQuest |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Christianity]] |
| 309 | [floatboxright: |
| 310 | '''Also see:''' |
| 311 | + ChristianFiction |
| 312 | + ChristmasTropes |
| 313 | ] |
| 314 | * AmbiguouslyChristian: A character is implied but not confirmed outright to follow some sort of Christianity. |
| 315 | * AmbivalentAnglican: A member of the Church of England who seems indifferent to Christian dogma. |
| 316 | * AnimeCatholicism: [[ArtisticLicenseReligion Inaccurate portrayals of Catholic Christianity]] in Japanese media. |
| 317 | * ArtisticLicenseTraditionalChristianity |
| 318 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: A character quotes verses from the Literature/TheBible. |
| 319 | * BiggerThanJesus |
| 320 | * BigRedDevil |
| 321 | * CaughtUpInTheRapture |
| 322 | * ChristianityIsCatholic: Roman Catholicism is the only Christian denomination that tends to get any depiction in most works of fiction. |
| 323 | * ChurchOfSaintGenericus |
| 324 | * CloneJesus |
| 325 | * {{Confessional}}: A private space in some churches where a priest listens to a parishioner confessing their sins. |
| 326 | * CreepyCathedral: A big, dark, and foreboding church that you probably wouldn't want to ever visit alone at night. |
| 327 | * CreepyCatholicism: The Roman Catholic Church depicted as being [[CorruptChurch evil]] or at least associated with scary things. |
| 328 | * CreepyCrosses |
| 329 | * CrucialCross |
| 330 | * CrystalDragonJesus: A [[FantasyCounterpartReligion fictional religion]] inspired by Christianity. |
| 331 | * CulturallyReligious: Someone who grew up religious, but no longer practices or believes it, yet their life is still influenced by it. |
| 332 | * DarkShepherd |
| 333 | * TheDescendantsOfCain |
| 334 | * EasterBunny |
| 335 | * EasyEvangelism |
| 336 | * EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: The holiday of Christmas is widely celebrated even beyond the Christian world. |
| 337 | * EvilJesuit: A Roman Catholic SinisterMinister. |
| 338 | * FallenAngel |
| 339 | * FantasticCatholicism: The Roman Catholic Church are [[ReligionIsMagic directly connected to the supernatural world]]. |
| 340 | * GoodShepherd: A priest who only wants what's best for the people he's guiding. |
| 341 | * HijackedByJesus |
| 342 | * HippieJesus |
| 343 | * HollywoodApocrypha: Someone [[BeamMeUpScotty erroneously quotes a fake biblical verse]]. |
| 344 | * HollywoodJehovahsWitness: Common stereotypes associated with members of the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanChurches Jehovah's Witnesses]] sect. |
| 345 | * HollywoodNuns: Common stereotypes associated with Roman Catholic nuns. |
| 346 | * HorsemenOfTheApocalypse |
| 347 | * InMysteriousWays |
| 348 | * IrishPriest: An Irish Catholic priest. |
| 349 | * JesusTaboo |
| 350 | * JesusTheEarlyYears |
| 351 | * JesusWasCrazy |
| 352 | * JesusWasWayCool |
| 353 | * KungFuJesus |
| 354 | * LockedAwayInAMonastery |
| 355 | * MadonnaArchetype |
| 356 | * NaughtyNuns: Sexually seductive nuns who don't take their own VowOfCelibacy too seriously. |
| 357 | * 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]]". |
| 358 | * NunsAreFunny |
| 359 | * NunsAreMikos |
| 360 | * NunsAreSpooky |
| 361 | * NunTooHoly: A character who looks and is treated like a nun (or a priestess, shrine maiden, etc.), but acts nothing like you'd expect. |
| 362 | * PassionPlay |
| 363 | * PatronSaint |
| 364 | * ReligiousRedub |
| 365 | * SantaClausmas: A secularized version of Christmas without any religious elements. Typically revolves around SantaClaus instead of UsefulNotes/JesusChrist. |
| 366 | * SevenDeadlySins |
| 367 | * SevenHeavenlyVirtues |
| 368 | * SymbolicBaptism |
| 369 | * TakingTheVeil |
| 370 | * TwistedEucharist |
| 371 | * TheVicar |
| 372 | * WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: A stereotypical snobby American white person. |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | [[folder:Judaism]] |
| 376 | [floatboxright: |
| 377 | '''Also see:''' |
| 378 | + JudaismAndJewishCultureInMedia |
| 379 | + ANiceJewishIndex |
| 380 | ] |
| 381 | * AllJewsAreAshkenazi: The inaccurate stereotype that every Jew is an ethnic Ashkenazi from Central/Eastern Europe. |
| 382 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: A character is implied but not confirmed outright to be a Jew or follower of Judaism. |
| 383 | * {{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. |
| 384 | * GratuitousUseOfTheTallit |
| 385 | * 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]]. |
| 386 | * InformedJudaism: A character is stated to be (religiously) Jewish, but doesn't really act much like it. |
| 387 | * MagicalJew: A wise Jewish person, often a rabbi or mystic. |
| 388 | * MosesArchetype: StockParodies of Moses. |
| 389 | * 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.) |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder:Islam]] |
| 393 | * AllMuslimsAreArab: The inaccurate stereotype that every Muslim is an ethnic Arab or speaks Arabic. |
| 394 | * {{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. |
| 395 | * HidingInAHijab: Wearing a headscarf, face veil, or full-body cloak in order to disguise oneself as a devoutly religious Muslim woman. |
| 396 | * 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]]. |
| 397 | * 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. |
| 398 | [[/folder]] |
| 399 | |
| 400 | [[folder:South/East Asian Religions (including Hinduism and Buddhism)]] |
| 401 | * 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]]). |
| 402 | * AsianRuneChant |
| 403 | * AsleepNotMeditating |
| 404 | * FestivalEpisode |
| 405 | * TheFourGods: A quartet of deities associated with Myth/ChineseMythology. |
| 406 | * HandSeals |
| 407 | * LevitatingLotusPosition: Person/being levitates while in LotusPosition. |
| 408 | * LotusPosition: A common [[PrayerPose meditation pose]] that is often used by Hindus and Buddhists. |
| 409 | * MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: If one wishes to meditate in a place with nice scenery. |
| 410 | * {{Miko}} |
| 411 | * PaperTalisman |
| 412 | * ZigzagPaperTassel |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | [[/index]] |
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