Religion

Exorcism by Rabbis: Talmud Sages and Their Magic - An article by Meir Bar-Ilan centering on the Jewish sages of the Mishnah and Talmud who dealt with magic in the religious context of their times; demonstrates survivals of this ancient phenomenon in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian religious folklore.
faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/exorcism.html

Fetichism in West Africa - By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa/

Islamic Resurgence and the Belief System of Rural Malays - A lengthy scholarly article by Anne Katherine Larsen that identifies and discusses traditional folkloric "extra-religious beliefs" and customs that reside beneath, and sometimes conflict with, the ostensibly Islamic Malay culture.
www.abo.fi/comprel/temenos/temeno32/larsen.htm

The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief - An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.
folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm