Worldbuilding and Religion

Apologies for Vivian’s audio in this episode. Microphone problems, which hopefully won’t happen again!

This episode, Vivian Asimos and Aled Thomas discuss the pitfalls, trials and tribulations of crafting religion in fictional worlds - whatever that means. We talk about how religion is sometimes crafted in books, movies, role-playing games, and other forms of pop culture in un-realistic ways. We talk about the difference between “institutional” religion and lived religion, what “folk” religion means, what vernacular religion means, and the incredible importance of the experience, relationships and interactions of everyday people. Religion is about way more than just belief or doctrine - if you’re thinking about creating a religion for your book or next role-playing game, we hope this episode gives you some lovely things to think about!

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