Religious Adherents
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| - | + | Adherents.com has superheroes grouped by religious faith. | |
| - | [[Image:v3adherents.jpg|frame| | + | [[Image:v3adherents.jpg|frame|Superheroes as religious adherents.]] |
| - | + | Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated there. | |
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| - | We want this page to be as accurate as possible, backed up by objective, published information and not based on conjecture. We do not want this listing to be slanted toward any particular denominational or religious viewpoint. It is intended to accurately report the composition of comic book character religiosity. | + | ==Mission== |
| + | <blockquote> <i> The emphasis of this page is on fictional characters who originated as comic book characters. This page focuses on fictional comic book characters who are adherents of real-world (not purely fictional) religions. (Some fictional religious groups are listed as well, as appropriate.) We want this page to be as accurate as possible, backed up by objective, published information and not based on conjecture. We do not want this listing to be slanted toward any particular denominational or religious viewpoint. It is intended to accurately report the composition of comic book character religiosity. </i> </blockquote> | ||
==Some Top Superheroes== | ==Some Top Superheroes== | ||
*<b>[[Superman]]</b>, Methodist | *<b>[[Superman]]</b>, Methodist | ||
| - | *<b>[[Spider-Man</b>, Protestant | + | *<b>[[Spider-Man]]</b>, Protestant |
| - | *<b>[[Batman</b>, Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed) | + | *<b>[[Batman]]</b>, Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed) |
| - | *<b>[[Wonder Woman</b>, Greco-Roman Classical Religion | + | *<b>[[Wonder Woman]]</b>, Greco-Roman Classical Religion |
| - | *<b>[[The Hulk</b>, Catholic (lapsed) | + | *<b>[[The Hulk]]</b>, Catholic (lapsed) |
| - | *<b>[[Captain America</b>, Protestant | + | *<b>[[Captain America]]</b>, Protestant |
| - | *<b>[[Invisible Woman</b>, Episcopalian | + | *<b>[[Invisible Woman]]</b>, Episcopalian |
| - | *<b>[[Daredevil</b>, Catholic | + | *<b>[[Daredevil]]</b>, Catholic |
| - | *<b>[[Hawkman</b>, Egyptian classical religion | + | *<b>[[Hawkman]]</b>, Egyptian classical religion |
*<b>[[Elektra]]</b>, Greek Orthodox | *<b>[[Elektra]]</b>, Greek Orthodox | ||
*etc. | *etc. | ||
Revision as of 04:16, 11 July 2009
Adherents.com has superheroes grouped by religious faith.
Superheroes as religious adherents.
Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated there.
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Mission
The emphasis of this page is on fictional characters who originated as comic book characters. This page focuses on fictional comic book characters who are adherents of real-world (not purely fictional) religions. (Some fictional religious groups are listed as well, as appropriate.) We want this page to be as accurate as possible, backed up by objective, published information and not based on conjecture. We do not want this listing to be slanted toward any particular denominational or religious viewpoint. It is intended to accurately report the composition of comic book character religiosity.
Some Top Superheroes
- Superman, Methodist
- Spider-Man, Protestant
- Batman, Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed)
- Wonder Woman, Greco-Roman Classical Religion
- The Hulk, Catholic (lapsed)
- Captain America, Protestant
- Invisible Woman, Episcopalian
- Daredevil, Catholic
- Hawkman, Egyptian classical religion
- Elektra, Greek Orthodox
- etc.
See Also
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STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY subsection
References
The Official Adherents.com
