religious symbols
Faith's visual markers
Religious symbols are objects, images, or gestures that represent or evoke spiritual beliefs and traditions.
A cross signifies Christianity; a crescent moon, Islam; a Star of David, Judaism.
Such symbols appear on places of worship, jewelry, and ceremonial items.
They may be displayed as expressions of faith or identity: She wore a religious symbol around her neck.
In legal contexts, religious symbols often figure in debates about separation of church and state.
- MandalaRitual geometric pattern
- DovePersonal care brand
- holy waterSacramental liquid for blessings
- Star of DavidJewish religious emblem
- Eye of HorusEgyptian protective symbol
all-seeing eye · Pentagram · Labyrinth · burning bush · Menorah · fish symbol · Triangle · Circle · crucifix · relic · halo · geometric designs · lotus · temple · icon · star · eternal flame · shrine
- Islamic Lawsharia, Sharia, Shariah, Islamic law, fatwa
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- supernatural weaknessessilver, sunlight, garlic, holy water, crosses
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, state religion
- Literary Symbolsmotifs, archetypes, emblems, iconography, color symbolism
- religious accommodationsprayer room, prayer time, head covering, kosher food, halal food
religious symbolscorporate logos
Visual emblems identifying companies
traffic signs · currency symbols · noise · national emblems · product labels
religious symbolsiconoclasm
Attacking revered traditions