History Main / ReligionTropes

* CulturallyReligious: Someone who grew up reliigious, but no longer practices or believes it, yet their life is still influenced by it.

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* TheFourGods: A quartet of deities associated with Myth/ChineseMythology.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Gods and spirits may assume forms that humans are accustomed to, in order to prevent driving the mortals mad with how they really look.

* AcceptableReligiousTargets: Religious beliefs that are considered okay to make fun of.

+ '''{{UsefulNotes/Religion}}'''

++ RebirthAndReincarnationTropes
++ ResurrectionTropes
++ TropesOfTheSoul

++ AngelicTropes
++ GodTropes

** SadlyMythcharacterized: Inaccurate portrayals of particular mythical/religious figures.
** SadlyMythtaken: When entire mythologies are radically altered in a fictional adaptation.

** CorruptChurch: A religious organization that is run by [[HidingBehindReligion hypocritical]], [[SinisterMinister self-serving priests]].
** SaintlyChurch: A religious organization that actually wants to do good and righteous deeds for the world.

* ChurchMilitant: Fanatical religious warriors.
** WarriorMonk: An ordained priest who is also a professional soldier.

** ApocalypseCult: A religious movement which is centered around the observance of a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt doomsday prophecy]].
** BreedingCult: A religious movement which is centered around sexual procreation.
** CargoCult: A religion which worships an inanimate object that is mistaken for a deity or divine artifact.
** 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.
** MysteryCult: A very secretive sect which keeps their beliefs and practices hidden from nonbelievers.

** TheFundamentalist: A super-fanatical religious person who believes everyone else should follow their strictly pious lifestyle, and derides anyone who disagrees with them.

** HeelFaithTurn: The inverse, for when a sinner turns good after finding religion.

** HellSeeker: Someone who's actually looking forward to eternal ''damnation in {{Hell}}''.

** AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Heaven versus Hell [[MeleeATrois versus]]... [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian cosmic horrors]]?
** GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: The forces of [[LightIsNotGood Heaven]] and [[DarkIsEvil Hell]] are ''both'' evil and antagonistic towards humanity.

** ChurchgoingVillain: A bad guy who is devoutly religious despite their sinful lifestyle.
*** HolyHitman: A ProfessionalKiller who happens to be quite religious.
** SinisterMinister: A corrupt, self-serving priest who may be outright evil.
*** PedophilePriest: A perverted preacher who tries to molest or rape children. Usually stereotyped as being (though not necessarily always) a Roman Catholic Christian minister.

** HolyCity: A city that is especially sacred to a particular religion.

** HumanSacrifice: The ritualized murder of other people, done as an offering to the gods.
*** AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: When it's done by throwing the sacrificial victim into a volcano.
*** TargetedHumanSacrifice: They can't just grab any random person to kill, they need a specific type of individual for the sacrifice.
*** VirginSacrifice: When the victim (usually a young woman or girl) is required to have never had sex before.

** ReligiousVampire: Even [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] can choose to worship God and pray to Him.

** EmergencyMultifaithPrayer: When their life is in danger, someone starts pleading with multiple deities of different religions to save them.

** HollywoodExorcism: Holy rituals that are performed by a priest to rid someone of an [[DemonicPossession invasive evil spirit]].
** HolyBurnsEvil: Religious objects can protect you from demons, vampires, and other unholy sinister creatures.
*** CrossMeltingAura: However, some demons are so powerful that holy objects have little or no effect on them.

** RobotReligion: An organized religion developed by mechanical beings.
** ThankTheMaker: A robot or AI worships its creator.

** 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]].
** HollywoodSatanism: Common stereotypes associated with people who [[{{UsefulNotes/Satanism}} worship the Devil]].
** HollywoodVoodoo: Common stereotypes associated with followers of {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo religions.

** HotForPreacher: Someone grows attracted to a priest. Which may cause complications if said priest is (supposed to be) a [[VowOfCelibacy celibate monk or nun]].

** ChurchPolice: Religious law enforcement.

** DevilComplex: Someone believes themselves to be the Devil.
** AGodIsYou
** AGodIAmNot: A person has great power, but does not believe this makes them special or above others.

** GodIsEvil: God is portrayed as cruel and malevolent.

** GodIsGood: God is portrayed as kind and benevolent.

** DivineDate: A mortal is ''literally'' in love with an actual god.

** DarkMessiah

** DeathOfTheOldGods

** BorrowinSamedi: An {{expy}} of Baron Samedi, the {{UsefulNotes/Vo|udoun}}odoo god of death.
** TheGrimReaper: A personification of death in Western pop culture, who may be identified with the ArchangelAzrael.
** {{Shinigami}}: A spirit of death, depicted as a kind of {{youkai}} in Myth/JapaneseMythology.

** EvilStoleMyFaith: Someone loses their religious beliefs because of a personal tragedy, or otherwise witnessing something grossly cruel and unfair.

** BargainWithHeaven: Someone gets what they want by making a deal with {{God}} or some other divine being.

** HollywoodApocrypha: Someone [[BeamMeUpScotty erroneously quotes a fake biblical verse]].

** DarkShepherd

** NaughtyNuns: Sexually seductive nuns who don't take their own VowOfCelibacy too seriously.
** NunTooHoly: A character who looks and is treated like a nun (or a priestess, shrine maiden, etc), but acts nothing like you'd expect.
** NunsAreFunny
** NunsAreMikos
** NunsAreSpooky
** NunsNRosaries
** TakingTheVeil

** SevenHeavenlyVirtues

** LevitatingLotusPosition: Sometimes it can even let you defy gravity.
** MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: If one wishes to meditate in a place with nice scenery.

** HotForPreacher: Someone grows attracted to a priest. Which may cause complications if said priest is (supposed to be) a [[VowOfCelibacy chaste monk or nun]].

** NaughtyNuns: Sexually seductive nuns who don't take their own VowOfChastity too seriously.

** NaughtyNuns

* SecularHero: The hero who lacks religious beliefs.

* CrisisOfFaith: Someone begins to doubt and question their religious beliefs.
** EvilStoleMyFaith: Someone loses their religious beliefs because of a personal tragedy, or otherwise witnessing something grossly cruel and unfair.

* CrisisOfFaith: Something happens to make one question their religious beliefs.

* EvilStoleMyFaith

* FlatEarthAtheist: Someone disbelieves in something supernatural even though it has been proven to exist in the setting.

* HollywoodAtheist: An atheist who is very negative about religion.

* MachineWorship