What Is (Christian) Folk Religion? Folk religion is an anthropological category also used in the sociology of religion. It is religion done, believed, practiced, by the people, not the scholars. Every religion has its own form of folk religion. However, folk religions share some common features. Here I am writing specifically about American Christian folk religion, but the features I identify overlap with other folk religions. Folk religion thrives on comfort and other feelings (e.g., excitement) to the neglect, even... Read more