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* [[Anime Catholicism]]: Or rather, Anime Christianity, given that the Roman Catholic Church is one of three major churches in the setting.

* [[Anti-Magic]]: Touma's right hand, the "[[Gratuitous English|Imagine Breaker]]". He outrageously claims that it can negate even miracles from the gods, and subsequent events back him up on this.

* [[Apotheosis]]:

** ''A Certain Magical Index'' has Magic Gods, people who have mastered magic to the point where they can bend reality without exception through it. To obtain such godhood, a magician needs to master a path (such as a theology based in Shinto, Voodoo, Hindu, Buddhism, Norse, Greek, etc.) to the end and perform a special ritual. There is also the possibility of becoming an impure Magic god due to a magician's stopping their growth.

** On the Science Side, Level 6 Espers are comparable to Magic Gods, which is why Academy City was created. They are trying to achieve this to gain knowledge about the world's truth, which even the Magic Side has been trying to gain. Many experiments have involved getting Espers to level up, especially with the Level 5s. There has been success, but only temporarily.

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Touma sees Esper powers on a regular basis but initially dismisses the idea of magic as nonsense. Index's counter-skepticism of ''Touma's'' power is a lot more reasonable, considering he (an Atheist) is claiming precedence over God's power. Academy City in general seems to hold this attitude, considering ''its'' brain-enhancing Esper program as thoroughly scientific and counter to any related superstitions that might crop up. But since Science is basically proven hypotheses supported by data from repeatable experiments about how the world works, the fact that magic is repeatable means...

** If you treat Science as just a separate religion, with more public "miracles" (i.e., technology), it makes a bit more sense. All of the religions deride the others as heretics and fools, despite the fact that their magic works just as well.