Thursday, February 22, 2007

Batman's Religion

There is way way way too much to cover on this page. Its from a website that discusses portrayals of religion in literature. It has a section on comic book characters including Batman.

While we know Batman is not church going, we do know his story lines occasionally visit themes of salvation and redemption.

This site examines clues from comic books (they analyze tombstones in a lot of graveyard scenes) to determine:

On the subject of Batman's religious affiliation, there is some disagreement among fans as well as among writers about whether the character is a mostly lapsed Catholic or a mostly lapsed Episcopalian. There is universal agreement that the character is not an active churchgoer in any faith.


Here's the link. If you're a fan of Batman it is well worth the read regardless of your faith or lack thereof:

The religion of Batman, Bruce Wayne

Posted by Vingold.

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