Home›New Religious Movement Founders›Revered InBrowse ByRevered InThis page groups historical figures by where they are revered today, the region or tradition that keeps their memory through shrines, feast days or living devotion. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing this way lets a visitor see the geographic or communal reach of a figure's ongoing cult.Revered InComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Revered InFilter Results6 entriesTraditionAllBuddhism (1)Christianity (1)Judaism (1)Modern Paganism (1)EraAll1736 to 1784 (1)1795 to 1871 (1)1871 to 1944 (1)1881 to 1983 (1)1885 to 1948 (1)1886 to 1929 (1)1900 to 1958 (1)1900 to 1969 (1)1927 to 2013 (1)1928 to 2023 (1)Place of ActivityAllChicago (1)Japan (1)Lesotho (1)New York (1)New York City (2)Newark, New Jersey (1)Philadelphia (1)Tokyo (1)United States (2)GenderAllFemale (1)Male (6)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (6)Veneration StatusAllHistorically Significant but Not Venerated (3)Officially Recognized or Venerated (4)Manner Of DeathAllDied of natural causes (5)Martyred (1)NationalityAllJapan (1)Russia (1)United States (4)Adherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (4)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (3)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Varies by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Customary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2013-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (4)2021-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (2)50 (1)632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll586 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)30 (1)610 (1)1954 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (2)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Interest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Two and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (4)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Duotheistic: a divine pair (1)Monotheistic: one God (3)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismRevered In3 entriesChristianityRevered In3 entriesChurch of Aphrodite (Religion)Revered In1 entryIslamRevered In1 entryJudaismRevered In2 entriesModern PaganismRevered In1 entryComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.