Greed and Work in Finland-Swedish Folklore by Ulrika Wolf-Knuts

“…Protestant Swedish Finn folklore demonstrates expressions of greed, even if the actual term is not mentioned. In folk religion Christian norms and values are combined with elements of folk belief. …”
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“Byzantium on the Volga”: To the Anniversary of Nikolay D. Barabanov by Pavel Lysikov, Anastasiya Zykova

“…Barabanov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, lecturer at Volgograd State University, specialist in the Byzantine history, medieval folk religion researcher is devoted to his life, scientific and educational activity. …”
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Čajkanović's road from ancient Greek and folk literature to Serbian religion and mythology by Jovanović Bojan

“…After a careful examination of the works of Čajkanović, the author points out to the importance of his comparative method in studying Ancient Greek literature, traditional folk creation and folk religion and mythology. Based on traces and parallels from other traditions, Čajkanović tried to reveal the forgotten meanings of the Serbian folk myth and religious practice. …”
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Bektashi-traditionen – en folkelig sufisme? by Emil B.H. Saggau

“…The second part consists of a discussion of what Sufi components the modern Albanian Bektashi Order has preserved and to what extent this Order still is a Sufi order and not just an Islamic folk religion…”
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The (Hyper) Production of Miracles and Miraculous Acts: The Meaning of Folk and Church Interpretations of these Phenomena and their Importance for the Process of Desecularization... by Lidija Radulović

“…At the same time, the folk orthodox variant of Christianity is being revitalized among the faithful, mostly through populist interpretations with elements of folk religion. This paper analyzes the public production of miracles in Serbia based mostly on material drawn from the media, but also on personal testimonies of informants who have witnessed such events.…”
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The belives on the asphalt. Sacred sites as means of appropriation of the public space in México City by María Ana Portal

“…This sacred quality is achieved by installing crucifixes, altars and niches for virgins and saints.  These symbols of folk religion not only adorn public sites, but also offer protection, serve as mnemonic devices and manage spatial liminality -all this in a chaotic city where public spaces are considered to be almost extinct.  …”
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The Way of the Táltos: A Critical Reassessment of a Religious-Magical Specialist<br>Pota taltosov: Kritično ovrednotenje posvečenca v religijo in magijo</br> by László Kürti

“…For a long time, Hungarian scholars debated the origin and structure of Hungarian folk religion and folk beliefs. This article considers the relevance of shamanism to Hungarian folk belief, especially the complex surrounding the táltos. …”
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Characteristics of Koreans' view of death in historical and religious contexts by Soon-ok Myong, Byong-soon Chun

“…Keywords: Koreans, Perspective on death, Folk religion, Confucianism, Buddhism. …”
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Popular religion (Volksreligion) by Baines, J, Waraksa, E

“…We prefer a broad definition and characterization along these lines, as well as the term “popular religion” (synonymous with “private religion”), to more circumscribed phrases such as “domestic religion”, “folk religion”, and “personal religion”, since these might limit investigation to a particular context, group, or individual. …”

Paganism, animism or Polytheism? an investigation into the labeling and categorisation of traditional belief system of the Kadazandusun by Low, Kok On, Sanen Marshall

“…More importantly, this article establishes beyond doubt that the traditional Kadazandusun do in fact posses system of belief, one that is a folk religion in its own right.…”
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Polytheism Tendency in the Trend of Integration of the Three Major Religions: Worship of Silkworm Deity Art of Medieval China by Fei Ju

“…It is proposed that silkworm deity worship is evidence of a tendency toward polytheism, and has a variety of identities and unified functions under the trend of continuous integration of three major religions and folk religion. The worship of the silkworm deity has the characteristics of hybridity, integrated and patriarchal, as well as the social edification and practical functionality caused by the different mentality of official and folk silkworm deity worship in medieval China.…”
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»Religion« in Südosteuropastudien by Evelyn Reuter

“…This includes area studies such as Southeast European Studies. »Crypto-Christianity«, »folk religion« and »syncretism« are common terms in Southeast European studies to describe phenomena in the areal religious history. …”
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Old Customs by Andreas Nordberg

“…I argue that while it is meaningful to highlight the term siðr and its cognates, the distinction between pre-Christian siðr and medieval Christian religion is problematic. 1) While siðr had various meanings in vernacular language, the current debate emphasises only its religious aspect, thus turning the indigenous term into an implicit etic concept. 2) The word siðr and its cognates were also used in medieval Scandinavian languages as designations for Christianity, and hence, the categorisation of pre-Christian siðr and medieval Christian religion is misleading. 3) The distinction between popular siðr and formal religion is fundamentally based on the two-tier model of popular/folk religion–religion. 4) The vernacular (religious) word siðr in the sense of ‘religious customs, the religious aspects of the conventional way of life’ and the heuristic category of (lived) religion are in fact complementary in the study of religion in both Viking and medieval Scandinavia.…”
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Religious Responses to Environmental Crises in the Orange Free State Republic, C. 1896-C. 1898 by Steyn Phia

“…The persistence of synchronistic elements of folk religion was seen to have brought plagues like those found in Exodus which were visited upon the Pharaoh and his kingdom. …”
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Декоративные вербы в западной Беларуси и восточной Литве во второй половине ХХ–начале ХХI вв. by Йонас Мардоса

“…Thus, verba reveals the diversity of the Christian tradition, which comprises the exceptional features of the contemporary folk religion in Eastern Lithuania and Western Belarus. …”
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Syncretism: The Mystery Behind Korean Miracle by Yasin Gurur Sev

“…The Protestants studied the Catholics’ failure and the Tonghak movement’s success well and created a syncretic folk religion that did not exclude local religious elements. …”
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Conversion among Chinese Overseas Students in the US: A Choice Model on Individual Characteristics and Organizational Traits by Xiaozhao Y. Yang, Fangying Yang

“…We found that the choice between Christianity, Buddhism, and Chinese folk religion, compared with no religion, is associated with unique individual-level characteristics. …”
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The Religious Identities and Social Stucture of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Nebojša Šavija-Valha

“…Both levels have their religious aspects: at the first, it is about institutionalized religions; at the second, about “folk” religion, a syncretism of pre-Christian tradition and Christian and Islamic elements. …”
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Connecting Sacred and Mundane: From Bilingualism to Hermeneutics in Hebrew Epitaphs by Nosonovsky Michael

“…Fifth, the epitaphs are also in between the canonical and folk religion. I analyze complex hermeneutic mechanisms of indirect quotations in the epitaphs and show that the methods of actualization of the sacred texts are similar to those of the Rabbinical literature. …”
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THE LAUGHTER OF THE HOLY FOOL AS A MANIFESTATION OF BLASPHEMY: THE EXPERIENCE OF PROBLEMATIZATION by Олена Петриківська

“…We must be wary of the notion of “folk religion”. This concept is loaded with anti-clerical ideology. …”
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