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== Literature ==
* In ''[[His Dark Materials]]'', one of the most famed examples: God is 'The Authority', the church is 'Magisterium', Inquisition-for-children is 'Gobblers', and so on.
* [[Played With]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Archangels are "Valar", demons are "Balrogs", and God is also called "Ilúvatar" (approximately similar to [[Genius Bonus|"all-father"]] in Sanskrit, which is also the word for Jupiter in Latin.) But Tolkien avoided showing anyone practicing religion save for the Numenoreans, who were extremely ecumenical in their beliefs. According to Tolkien's Catholic theology, all of the characters were "virtuous pagans" and as such anyone they worshiped could potentially count as "actually being" angels or demons according to the tenets of Catholic syncretism.
** This is clarified in ''[[The Book
* In the ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' trilogy, Garth Nix uses 'Charter Magic' and 'The Charter' to refer to the orderly, set and harmonious schemata of magic that keeps the universe running, while 'Free Magic' refers to the corroding and chaotic magic that The Charter was created from and which is inimical to the natural order of the universe. Worship of the Charter, and the "Seven Bright Shiners" who created it, seems to be the religion in the Old Kingdom, though the most we see of this is in baptisms upon a child's birth.
** While the actual religious practices are not elaborated on in detail, the {{spoiler|Bright Shiners become major players in the latter parts of the story. The ''Eighth'' Bright Shiner, who refused to take part in creating Charter Magic and stayed on the sidelines when the Seven were opposed by the ''Ninth'', turns out to be Mogget -- and not a nice guy, should he ever become '''Un'''sealed Evil From A Can...and then he was unsealed and on learning that #9 was trying for [[The End of the World as We Know It]]), decided "Screw that, I like the world dammit.}}
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