Christian (mentioned)



Christianity is an ancient pre-War monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the gospels and other New Testament writings.

Background
Although Christianity still exists in post-War America, its overall influence seems to have waned. Many new religions have sprung up in its place, and only a devout few mention Christianity in anything more substantial than their profanity ("God dammit!"). Perhaps the most telling evidence of Christianity's decline is that the secular humanist Followers of the Apocalypse felt free to appropriate the Christian symbol, the cross, for their own, and keep using it for at least a century -- seemingly without anyone thinking it odd.

Where Christianity still holds sway, it has scattered into even more splinter groups, such as the Catholicism-derived Saint Monica's Church in Rivet City and the Abbey of the Road, a Christian monastery somewhere west of the Commonwealth. Mormonism still exists as well, predominately in the town of New Canaan.

Christian characters

 * John Cassidy has at least some knowledge of Christianity, noting that the "good book" does not mention the possibility of the Garden of Eden coming in a kit.
 * Marcella is a Christian missionary located at Point Lookout.
 * Father Clifford and his acolyte Diego of St. Monica's church are notably Christian.
 * O'Hanrahan, a Private of the New California Republic Army, is a raised Christian.