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The Religions of ''Dune'' are a key aspect of the fictional setting of the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Many of the names of religions mentioned in the novels indicate they are blends of current belief systems, some syncretic. According to ''Appendix II: The Religion of Dune'' in the 1965 novel ''Dune'', after the Butlerian Jihad, the Bene Gesserit composed the ''Azhar Book'', a "bibliographic marvel that preserves the great secrets of the most ancient faiths". Soon after, a group made up of the leaders of many religions (calling itself the Commission of Ecumenical Translators) created the ''Orange Catholic Bible'', the key religious text of the ''Dune'' universe, which "contains elements of most ancient religions".〔Herbert, Frank. ''Dune'', ''Terminology of the Imperium'' (Orange Catholic Bible).〕 == Buddislam == The term for those religions derived from a syncretic fusion of denominations of Buddhism and Islam. The connection of the Zensunni with Buddislam suggests the latter arose during the Third Islamic Movement associated with the Maometh Saari (see below under Third Islam). === Zenshiism === A hybrid of the religious principles of Zen (a school of Mahayana Buddhism) and Shia Islam. It does not occur in the original Dune series, appearing only in the later books by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and mentioned to be defiant fanatics unlike the Zensunni pacifists; Zenshiite slaves are behind the uprising on Poritrin. === Zensufism === Zensufism is a hybrid of Zen and Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism which, based on epigrams in ''Chapterhouse: Dune'', would have figured in ''Dune 7''. There are only two Zensufi epigrams in ''Chapterhouse: Dune'': *The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed. We feel threatened by such demands. "I already know the important things!" we say. Then Changer comes and throws our old ideas away. — The Zensufi Master *Uproot your questions from their ground and the dangling roots will be seen. More questions! — Mentat Zensufi admonition Internal evidence in ''Heretics of Dune'' suggests that this was the religion of the Bene Tleilaxu, who had originally been part of the Zensunni Wanderers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Dune religions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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