A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is a novel in which religion is of great importance. One of the main themes in this novel is faith in God and oneself, and even more, the conflict between belief and doubt. Irving writes in such a way, that this is very evident throughout the book. John Wheelwright, at the start of the novel, is a young boy who does not seem to know much about …showed first 75 words of 737 total…

…showed last 75 words of 737 total…John Irving instills a little bit of faith in all who read A Prayer for Owen Meany. John states on the very first page of the novel, “he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.” From this point on the reader knows that Owen is of great importance and there is an exciting story to be told in the following pages about the journey of religious belief.