This page groups historical figures by the formal religious office or title they held, such as a bishop, an imam or a high priest, connecting a person to an institutional role rather than only their personal biography. Wikipedia notes that a church's polity "may describe its ministerial offices or an authority structure between churches," the same kind of structure that defines what an office actually was. Browsing this way lets a visitor see everyone who has held one particular office across history.
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This source names Africa directly: "founders of colonial and postcolonial Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Americas directly: "Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Wikipedia: Comparative religion
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Comparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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