This 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.
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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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