Well, we’ve had books and TV documentaries about the science of superheroes, now we can check on their theological leanings as well via the Religious Affiliations of Comic Book Characters site,(found by Kenny at afNews) which not only gives the religious affiliation but also explains how they deduced it from evidence in the comics. Bruce Wayne, for example, comes up as lapsed Catholic/Episcopalian (a hard-nosed Scots Calvinist would more than likely grumble there’s no difference in a charming show of brotherly acceptance). Even for those of us with no religious inclinations (does worship of fine single malts count?) it is actually quite interesting since the entries are backed up with inferences and deductions drawn from examples in the comics, with numerous references (I must admit, I’d suspect a bit of the old Flagellist movement in Bruce/Batman somewhere myself).
(this pic is used in the Batman entry and is credited to Mike McKone and and Marlo Aquiza, from Teen Titans #18)
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