Small Gods
Small Gods is a Discworld book by Terry Pratchett, about a true believer and his god.
It's mostly a meditation, so to speak, on faith vs. violent, colonial organised religion.
The book seems to subscribe to the Populous theory of theology, in which the more people there are who believe in a particular god, the more powerful that god becomes. This has the advantage over many real-life religious narratives of at least being internally consistent, and therefore relatively safe footing to build a novel on.
It also contains two references to the Logo turtle, which is always a bonus.
Quotes
Got vague idea that a talking tortoise is essential part of the action... Interesting footnote in tortoise book reminds us that most famous tortoise in history must be the one that got dropped on the head of famous Greek philosopher... Not philosopher, but playwright... Wonder why the eagle dropped the bloody thing on the playwright... It was obviously tortoise's idea all along.... Stare at screen. Turn ideas over and over. Tortoises, bald head, eagles. Hmm. No, can't be playwright, what sort of person would tortoises instantly dislike?
Terry Pratchett, 1989[1]
References
- Thought Progress Terry Pratchett, A Slip of the Keyboard, May 1989, ISBN 978-0-552-16772-7, pp. 21—25
Novels: Small Gods
Religion: Small Gods
