The phrase "major exponent" refers to a person who is highly influential or important in promoting or representing a particular idea, concept, or field. They are considered a leading figure or expert in their area of expertise. Full definition
In the course of analyzing the especial value of process thought for doing a political theology, 4 Cobb draws a stark contrast between major exponents of political theology as it has thus far been practiced, in particular the work of Jürgen Moltmann, Dorothee Soelle, and Johann Baptist Metz, 5 and the kinds of political theology that process thought might become. (religion-online.org)
Says C. H. Dodd, the other major exponent of the parables: (religion-online.org)
Major exponents of American Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimal Art, and the New York art scene of the 1980s are represented in the collection. (daros.ch)