Religious founders, prophets and reformers either began a new religious movement outright or led a decisive reform within an existing one, from the New Thought and Spiritualist founders of nineteenth century America to the prophets and church founders of colonial and postcolonial Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements. This is the largest heading in the type because founding or reforming a tradition is the single most common reason a figure earns an entry here, spanning every continent and every century this atlas covers equally.
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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."
This source names Americas directly: "Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."
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