pondering paper topics

[sigerson]

Do any of y'all know of speculative fiction/scifi/fantasy novels that involve multiple faiths? I seem to be able to name ones that have One Big Church but an imagined world with multiple faiths isn't quickly jumping to mind. I must be missing something.

ETA: Wow. I must have had my brain turned off not to remember Small Gods. Thank you guys so much for these! (Now I have new reading material that doesn't involve the word "discourse"!)

Comments

[cute-fuzzy-evil.livejournal.com]

A good one with multiple religions is The Lions of Al-Rassan, by Guy Gavriel Kay- it's set in a sort of historically-based environment, though, and sort of corresponds to Moors, Jews, and Christians- I don't know if that's the sort of thing you're looking for.

There's also the Crown of Stars series by Kate Elliot, which has multiple religions (one clearly dominant in the setting) but is more interesting for the internal schism in the majority religion.

I recommend reading both, regardless of papers, though I'd be very surprised if you had time for the six ~800-page books of the latter. :)

[ppaladin.livejournal.com]

I second CFE's recommendation of Guy Gavriel Kay -- in fact, nearly every book he writes deals with multiple faiths in the background of his story.

[kmunson779.livejournal.com]

Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series has several religions; several polytheistic, one monotheistic where the practitioners are looked at funny but tolerated, a couple where the deities come down and meddle on a regular basis.

[kmunson779.livejournal.com]

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