A rather niche request, but I'm wondering if anyone can suggest any stories that focus on or at least somewhat involve a machine, robot, or other form of technology built specifically with the purpose of doing a religious task or to help bypass the human work put into a religious task? I don't mean something like a human-like robot that happens to be religious or practice a religion, but rather something built specifically for a religious purpose, sentient or not.
It's an idea I've been interested in ever since reading The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke a while back, and then more recently when coming across the topic again in a manga (which I won't name in this post due to it being a spoiler for said manga) that features a robot built specifically to pray for humanity in place of humans doing the prayer. If anyone could point me in the direction of stories with similar ideas or themes (not picky, could be novels, short stories, graphic novels, etc.) I'd appreciate it!
by a-mud-monster