Home›New Religious Movement Founders›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups historical figures by the religious tradition they belonged to or helped shape, connecting a person to the belief system that claims them. Wikipedia describes a tradition as "a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past." Browsing this way lets a visitor read every founder, reformer or teacher from one tradition together, rather than finding them scattered by century.TraditionComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)TraditionFilter Results6 entriesEraAll1736 to 1784 (1)1795 to 1871 (1)1876 to 1969 (1)1881 to 1983 (1)1885 to 1948 (1)1917 to 2006 (1)1927 to 2013 (1)1928 to 2023 (1)1950 to 2013 (1)Place of ActivityAllIndia (1)Italy (1)Japan (1)Lesotho (1)New York (1)New York City (1)Pakistan (1)Philadelphia (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (2)GenderAllFemale (2)Male (6)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (6)Veneration StatusAllHistorically Significant but Not Venerated (2)Officially Recognized or Venerated (3)Manner Of DeathAllDied of natural causes (4)NationalityAllIndia (1)Italy (1)Japan (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (3)Revered InAllBuddhism (1)Christianity (1)Judaism (1)Modern Paganism (1)Adherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (5)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (3)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)Varies by Province (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (3)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-01 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (2)2013-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (4)2021-01-01 (1)2024-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (2)50 (1)1980 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)586 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)30 (1)1954 (1)1970 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe 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)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (2)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (2)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)TheologyAllAnimist: persons and powers in land, water and living things (1)Duotheistic: a divine pair (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (2)Monotheistic: one God (2)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismTradition1 entryChristianityTradition3 entriesHinduismTradition1 entryJudaismTradition2 entriesModern PaganismTradition1 entryNew AgeTradition2 entriesComments (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.