I think Beloved addresses my question silently. Although true religion is never directly touched upon, one could argue that Sethe's religion was slave to the past emotionally. Religion, in some ways, can be an inside belief one is attached to throughout life's experiences. Sethe is attached to her past, through the ghost of her dead baby, Beloved. As Beloved is nearly ressurected, she becomes the physical chains to her past. I wonder if this submission to such an eficacy shows enough dedication and energy that it could be considered a "religion" in it's own sense. Tough to tell, the church is mentioned quite a few times, but only evil doings occur in their so the church couldn't possibly symbolize the stereotypical holiness it usually is labeled as. I think Morrison did not mean to address my issue, but if I dug deep enough, I could find something that relates. Although, I think this stretch may in a sense be harmful to Morrison's overall intent. "This book is not about slavery," a quite debatable statement indeed by the author herself, but if she says so, it must be. In the same way, this book is definately not about religion, so finding any correlation would be detrimental towards Morrison's overall intent which seems to be more focused on the emotional effects slavery imprints on it's victims.