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Folk religion — For religions sometimes described as folk religions or ethnic religions , see Ethnic religion. Folk religion consists of ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and… … Wikipedia
folk religion — Народная религия … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Chinese folk religion — Statue of a Taizu deity (deified important ancestor) inside a temple in Maoming, Guangdong … Wikipedia
Bektashism and folk religion — Folk religious practices remain in Bektashism and certain practices are also found to a lesser extent in Balkan Christianity and non Bektashi Balkan Islam as well, according to some Western Islamic scholars.Famous archaeologist Arthur Evanz,… … Wikipedia
Folk Christianity — is composed of Christian ideas and practices outside the approval or authority of a religious establishment mdash; Roman Catholic, Protestant, or other.These ideas may arrive when the religious themes of conquered, colonized, or converted people… … Wikipedia
Folk Hinduism — or Popular Hinduism is the aspect of Hinduism as a folk religion or ethnic religion, i.e. nominal Hinduism mixed with Animist practice, as opposed to its scholastic or mystical aspects (Brahmanism, Vedanta, Hindu philosophy). Folk Hinduism is… … Wikipedia
Religion in Africa — is multifaceted. Most Africans adhere to either Christianity or Islam. Islam and Christianity contest which is larger, but many people that are adherents of both religions also practice African traditional religions, with traditions of folk… … Wikipedia
Religion in Brazil — is very diversified, although over seventy percent of the population declared being Roman Catholic in the last IBGE census, which took place in 2000. About ninety percent of Brazilians declare some sort of religious affiliation [… … Wikipedia
Religion in China — Three laughs at Tiger Brook , Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are one, a litang style painting portraying three men laughing by a river stream, 12th century, Song Dynasty … Wikipedia
Religion — This article is about a general set of beliefs about life, purpose, etc.. For other uses, see Religion (disambiguation). Religious redirects here. For a member of a Catholic religious order, see Religious (Catholicism) … Wikipedia
