List of fictional religions
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This is a list of fictional religions from specific works of published fiction (films, novels, etc.).
For religions which contributed to the Orange Catholic Bible, see: List of religions in the Orange Catholic Bible
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A
- Cult Mechanicus - Warhammer 40,000
- Alvinism - "Feast of Alvis" episode of Sealab 2021
- Appliantology - Frank Zappa album Joe's Garage
- Armaghan Satanism - Empire of Man
- Askani - Marvel Comics, not an actual religion, but more a philosophy of life.
- Avantism - Harvest of Stars novels by Poul Anderson
- Ayatollah House Cookies - mentioned in Ellis Weiner's parody novel National Lampoon's Doon
B
- The Babarambaba Cult - worshippers of Mother Nature, personified in a head of lettuce named Ralph — "Rerun Sees the Light" episode of What's Happening!!
- Bajoran religion (aka The Way of the Prophets) - Star Trek series Deep Space Nine.
- Bene Gesserit - Dune series, not an actual religion but an order that behaves very much like a religion
- Blainetology - "Super Best Friends" episode of South Park
- Bokononism - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- Boni Maroni - National Lampoon's Doon (parody of Dune's Bene Gesserit)
- Brogmoidism - Zork
- Buddislam - Dune series
- Burns Religion - "The Simpsons" episode, "The Joy of Sect"
C
- Cainite Heresy - Vampire: The Dark Ages
- Carpathianism - Left Behind series
- Chaos (Warhammer) - Warhammer,Warhammer 40,000
- Chemicalology - Rex the Runt
- Children of the Cathedral - Fallout
- Children of the Son - "Bread and Circuses" episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
- Children of the Mind of Christ - The Enderverse of Orson Scott Card
- Chrislam - The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke
- Church of All Worlds - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (inspired a non-fictional religious group of the same name)
- The Church of Aram - The Elder Gods
- Church of Artificial Intelligence - Otherworld
- Church of Altana - Final Fantasy XI
- The Church of Awes - The Redemption of Althalus
- Church of the Atheists - Metalocalypse
- Church of Cod - Myrtal Beach, SC - an organization started in South Carolina that pays tribute to Codius who they say, died on the hook for our mortal sins.
- Church of Jimi Hendrix and other cool Rock Stars - an organization started in New Jersey that pays tribute to rock stars and other entertainers.
- Church of the Final Atonement aka Church of the Shrike - Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
- The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Open Letter To Kansas School Board by Bobby Henderson (also known as Pastafarianism)
- The Church of Gaming - Ctrl+Alt+Del by Tim Buckley
- The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent - The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Church of the God Who Makes No Difference - Permutation City by Greg Egan
- The Church of Gort - Church for the worship of androids, cyborgs and A.I.'s in Wildstorm comics
- Church of Jesus Christ the Kidnapped - Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
- Church of the New Revelation (aka Fosterite Church) - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
- Church of Practicology: Defined as the religion founded by the alien king living inside Stan Lee on 30 Rock, a parody of Scientology
- The Church of Ralph - Night Court
- Church of the Second Chance - Riverworld
- Church of the Second Coming of the Great Prophet Zarquon - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
- Church of Trek - Futurama
- Church of What's Happening Now! - Flip Wilson routine
- Church Without Christ - Wise Blood (novel) by Flannery O'Connor
- Chutengodianism - Godless by Pete Hautman
- Cola Cult - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Cult of Sigmar - The Empire's primary religion in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy world.
- The Covenant Religion, also known as "The Great Journey" - Halo
D
- D'ni Religion - as seen in the Myst series.
- Duism - From the science-fiction stories of Stanislaw Lem.
- Daedra Worship - The Elder Scrolls series
- Dark Day Fatalism - "Small Minded Giants" by Oisín McGann.
- Divine Order of His Shadow - Lexx TV series
E
- Earthseed - Parable of the Sower and its sequel, Parable of the Talents, see Octavia Butler
- Elune - Warcraft Universe
- Enigma Babylon One World Faith - Left Behind series
- The Epsilon Program - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - [1]
- Esoteric Order of Dagon - Cthulhu Mythos
- Eternal Fire - A belief that is being promoted by Grandmaster Jacques de Aldersburg and his Order of the Flaming Rose. The Witcher (video game)
- Ethos - Xenogears
- Evans Church - Breath of Fire II
F
- FARGO - Moon.
- Feeders of Vaal - "The Apple" episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
- First Amalgamated Church - Futurama
- The First Church of the Flaming Sword Las Vegas - Waiting for God
- Fosterites - Stranger in a Strange Land
- Foundationism - Babylon 5
- First Church of the Fonz - "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz" episode of Family Guy
- First Church of the Gooey Death and Discount House of Worship - Imus in the Morning radio show
- First House of Polyester Worship and Horizontal Throbbing Teenage Desire Our Lady of the White Go-Go Boot Lord of the 40-Watt Undulating Bubbling Lava Lamp Apocalyptic No Pizza Take-out After 12 Achey-Breaky Love Tabernacle in Nashville, Tenn. -- Church membership claimed by jazz-blues pianist/parodist Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
- Fishers of Men (Cult) - Leaving Fishers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Frisbeetarianism - "The belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there." (George Carlin)
- Furude Shrine - from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. A Shinto style folk religion that worships Oyashiro-sama, a deity who conciliate humans and demons.
G
- Galactophasic Determinism - The religion of the Orange Catholic Bible in the Dune series
- Global Standard Deity - Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde
- Goa'uld religion - Most Goa'uld pose as gods to control slave armies. "Goa'uld" means "God" in the Goa'uld language from the TV show Stargate
H
- Happy-Happyism - from the video game EarthBound
- Haydn Sikhs - mentioned in National Lampoon's Doon
- Hitlerism -the warship hitler religion - created by eric cartman of south park
- Holy Church of Christ Without Christ - Wise Blood (Novel)
- Holy Light - Warcraft Universe
- Hylian Religion, which worships the three Goddesses who created the world of Hyrule - in the Legend of Zelda video game series
I
- The Imperial Creed - Warhammer 40,000
- Ishbalan - Fullmetal Alchemist
J
- Jashin- Naruto maybe only Hidan
- Jedi - Star Wars
- Jemima's Witness - Mentioned in an episode of Family Guy
- Jenova's Witness - in the web comic "VG Cats" (a pun on Jehova's witness and Jenova from the game Final Fantasy 7)
- Jesuit Jews for Jesus - the Purim sketch, Saturday Night Live
- Jiu-Jitsus for Jesus - mentioned in National Lampoon's Doon
- Junkism, founded by Fred Sanford in Sanford and Son as a means for paying no taxes.
K
- Khala - StarCraft
- Klingon religion - Star Trek
- Konja Kyūsei Subarakikō - Key the Metal Idol
L
- Lapine Theism - Original Lapine belief in one sun god, Frith, and rabbit prophet. Includes other minor deities/angels including Prince Rainbow who orders the world on behalf of Frith but is neither omnipotent nor infallible (and may reprisent humanity as seen by rabbits), and The Black Rabbit of Inlé (Inlé-Rah) who is the personification of Death. Also includes supposedly mortal folk heroes such as El-ahrairah (who may have taken up a quasi-religious role after death). - Watership Down
- Lapine Christianity - Parody religion - Cross between Reform Christianity and Lapine Theism
- Los Illuminado - Resident Evil 4
M
- McMahonism
- Mechanoid religion - Red Dwarf, advocates life after deactivation in Silicon Heaven
- Mercerism - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
- Mind Head - Steve Martin movie Bowfinger
- Movementarianism - "The Joy of Sect" episode of The Simpsons
N
- The Necromonger Way - The Chronicles of Riddick
- NeoAquarian Temple - Snow Crash
- New Yevon - Final Fantasy X-2 (More of a political party than an actual religion)
- Nine Divines - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Nisanism - Xenogears
- Nugganism - Terry Pratchett's Discworld
O
- Omega House - King of the Hill
- Omnianism - Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- Oprahism - Futurama
- The Order - A world religion that combined all of the major religions is a concept in the popular game Deus Ex: Invisible War
- The Order - A corrupted form of Gnostic Christianity followed mainly by extremists in Silent Hill. Silent Hill
- The Order of The Serpentine - a brotherhood created to help market Axe deodorants
- Origin - The religion of the Ori race in the television series Stargate SG-1.
- Order of Aurelius - an elite sect of vampires in the Buffyverse.
- Ormus - Xenosaga
- Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised - Discworld
P
- Pastafarianism - Open Letter To Kansas School Board by Bobby Henderson (also known as The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster)
- Pervertism - created by Quagmire from Family Guy
- Perfectly Frank Church of Christ of the Saturday Saints - mentioned in National Lampoon's Doon
- Potatoism - a short-lived religion in Dinosaurs dedicated to the worship of the Great Potato
- Presbylutherans - mentioned in The Simpsons
- Puss'n Buddhists - mentioned in National Lampoon's Doon
Q
- Quantum Presbyterian - Kang's and Kodos' religion in The Simpsons
- Quintarianism - The Curse of Chalion and sequels by Lois McMaster Bujold
R
- Raifuku Shrine - from Kamichu!. A syncretism of Shinto and the original (fictional) folk religion. The latter worships a living god Yurie Hitotsubashi, a protagonist of the anime. Called Yashima Shrine in the original manga.
- Rescenism (The Sacred Rhythm) - Orion's Arm
- Reverend Wayne's Pearly Gates (Cult of Asherah) - Snow Crash
- Robotology - Futurama
S
- Scientism (Foundation) - the bogus religion established by Salvor Hardin in Isaac Asimov's Foundation.
- Scientology - the bogus religion started by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950's.
- Scratch - Cowboy Bebop
- Second Islam - Dune series
- Secret Israel - Dune series
- Selfosophy - "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" episode of Millennium.
- Seventh Day Advent Hoppists - Arnold Rimmer's parents' religion due to a typing error in their Bible Red Dwarf
- Sith - Star Wars (debatable)
- Society of the Whole, aka the Drumadian religion - Great Tree of Avalon
- Space Catholicism - Futurama
- Speaker for the Dead - Based on the fictional books The Hive Queen and The Hegemon written by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin a.k.a. The Speaker for the Dead, from The Enderverse by Orson Scott Card (Not officially a religion, it is known as a Humanist movement)
- Starry Wisdom - H. P. Lovecraft's short story The Haunter of the Dark
- Starveling Cult - The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks.
T
- Teleological Pantheism - The Starrigger series by John DeChancie
- Third Islam - Dune series
- The Truth - A religion based on the belief that all apparent reality is actually a computer simulation - The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks.
U
V
- Vulcan religion - Star Trek
- Vodalaku - Eureka Seven
- vodkaism - made up by Shake from Aquateen Hunger Force
W
- The Warrior Monks of Phum - Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné novels
- Wayism - Andromeda
- The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism - mentioned by Reverend Lovejoy in The Simpsons
X
Y
- Yen Buddhism - Discworld. Yen Buddhists believe that money poisons the soul, so they collect as much as possible, to protect others from it. Basically a play on Zen/Yen.
- Yevonism - Final Fantasy X
Z
- Zachism - Followers of people that like pie in World of Warcraft.
- Zen Gnosticism - Hyperion series
- Zenshia - Legends of Dune series
- Zensufi - Dune series
- Zensunni - Dune series
- Zumanism - "Holy Sheep" episode of Andy Richter Controls the Universe
See also
External links
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