Editing Gnome (section)

==Religion==
The gnomish approach to religion is somewhat predictable, given gnomish character.  They embrace and revere the overlap and contrast of the material and the spiritual.  Unlike many scholars, most gnomish clerics do not automatically see night as a time of spiritual darkness.  Indeed, many of the go so far as to explore the idea that night is when mortal’s spirits shine most brightly.

Their approach to religion is about finding relations between contrasts – as all living creatures are beings of both the four physical elements, and the spiritual spark of life, so does a study of the similarities and contrasts between the elements and the spirit lay bare the truth of mortal existence.

The gnomish scholars are also frequently the only ones to doubt the literalness of the [[Librera]].  They tend to see it as a collection of poetry, parable and prophecy, rather than divinely recorded absolute history.  For example, a common part of a gnomish sermon takes a passage from the scripture and debates the moral lesson to be found – and often the priest delivering the sermon doesn’t have an answer. Religious services are very open, with lots of questions and answers, and are frequently only nominally led by the attending clergy.

This open approach to scriptural interpretation often puts them at odds with the established, very literal view of the Church, which is largely headed by the Order of [[the Sword of Malicean]].