religious references – The basic guidelines for religious references:
Deity/ deities:
– Capitalise the proper names of the Monotheistic Deity: God, Allah, The Almighty
– Uppercase pronouns referring to the Deity: He, Him, His, Thee, Thou, Who, Whose, Thy, etc.
– Lowercase gods in referring to the deities of polytheistic religions: the gods, the lords of the universe.
– Avoid the use of words which use the term God in a negative context such as god-awful, goddamn, godlike, godliness and godsend.
Holy Days
– Capitalise the names of holiday days.
Other words:
– Lowercase heaven, hell, devil, angel, cherub, a priest, etc. Capitalise Satan and Hades.
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Reuters: Religion: Names of divinities are capitalised but unspecific plurals are lower case, e.g. Allah, the Almighty, God, but the gods, the lords of the universe.
AP: The basic guidelines:
DEITIES: Capitalize the proper names of monotheistic deities: God, Allah
Lowercase pronouns referring to the deity: he, him, his, thee, thou, who, whose, thy, etc.
Lowercase gods in referring to the deities of polytheistic religions.
Lowercase such words as god-awful, goddamn, godlike, godliness, godsend.
HOLY DAYS: Capitalize the names of holy days. See holidays and holy days and separate entries for major Christian, Jewish and Muslim feasts.
OTHER WORDS: Lowercase heaven, hell, devil, angel, cherub, an apostle, a priest, etc.
Capitalize Hades and Satan.
For additional details, entries for frequently used religious terms, the entries for major denominations, religious movements and religious titles.
