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I am involved in a web application where items in a list have a category. Each category of an item is shown through the use of an expressive icon. One of the categories is religion.

My coworker, a graphic designer, is at a loss on how he would represent religion in a logo "neutrally". Some of the items may be associated with Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc. so a religion-specific icon would not work and may be potentially offensive.

So, is there a way we can represent it in a different way?

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Given that religion is hardly neutral, it might be best just write out the word instead of attempting an icon. – DA01 Feb 26 '11 at 16:53

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What about an icon depicting a set of praying hands?

Edit: It seems that Civilization 4 uses something similar: Check out the seventh icon in the row of icons in the top-right corner of this screenshot.

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+1 they do, and in the Civ context it is very clear that this is the religion button (as opposed to town management, diplomacy etc) – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Feb 26 '11 at 9:14
I haven't gotten an opinion on this from my designer yet, but I think it's great and I'm confident he'll like it - accepted. – AndrewKS Mar 1 '11 at 21:52
+1 for Civ reference! – danielhanly.com Jan 19 '12 at 13:22

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