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[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"!)

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Hmm, Lois McMaster Bujold's newer fantasy trilogy involves multiple religions, although people seem to roughly agree on the pantheon (as tends to happen when you have a world with more concrete forms of divine intervention) but do cry heresy based on whether you believe in four gods or five. The second one, Paladin of Souls, conveniently contains a version of the creation myth in an early chapter and can be read before Curse of Challion.

I'm not sure if Tanya Huff's "Quarter" series would qualify or not. There the divide is between the people who think that those who can sing to elemental spirits are gifted and blessed, and those who think they are basically witches. But again, it tends to fall along national lines.

Are you looking specifically for different religions coexisting?