Utterly Mad

Actually, the IRL renaissance happened because some Italian merchants started reading ancient Roman and Greek texts to learn architectural techniques and other things, so how about a world on the very edge of a new renaissance? Also, if ANY religion were to make it through an apocalyptic event, it would be the Roman Catholic church. They went through worse, and the US and Europe is coated in Christian imagery. Plus, the papacy would defiantly survive the apocalypse for a short time at least. A ton of other religions would make it through as well, like........ Wait, what IS the main religion in China? Islam would make it through as well, over a slightly smaller area.