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From Garvey to Marley - Rastafari Theology (Paperback)
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From Garvey to Marley - Rastafari Theology (Paperback)
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This history of the theology and rituals of Rastafarianism features
accents of the reggae rhythms of Bob Marley and the teachings and
philosophy of Marcus Garvey, the black nationalist who motivated
many of his fellow Jamaicans to embrace their African ancestral
roots. Written by a trained theologian who was raised in the
Jamaican village in which the Rastafarian faith originated, the
book offers both a serious inquiry into the movement and the
perspective of an insider in conversation with elders of the faith
who still live in the village. Marley, who died in 1981, is the
best known and one of the most articulate exponents of the themes
of race consciousness that provide the core of Rasta hermeneutics.
The poet and musician also made the faith appealing to the Jamaican
middle class, which had turned away from the "Back to Africa"
message that Garvey delivered in the 1930s. Noel Leo Erskine
isolates and defines the main tenets of Rastafarianism, which
emerged toward the end of the 20th century as a way of life and as
a new international religion. He includes biographical descriptions
of the key players in the development of Rastafari theology,
provides details of its organization and ethos, and discusses the
role of women in the religion. He also discusses the significance
of Ethiopia to the faith; practitioners view that country both as
their homeland and as heaven on earth. Examining the religion's
relationship to Christianity, Erskine relates the Rastas to
19th-century Native Baptist and Revivalist traditions on the island
and to the black theology movement in the United States. The Rastas
see the European and North American churches as representatives of
an oppressive colonialclass, he writes. The Rastafarian name for
God--"Jah"--is derived from Yahveh, the God of the Hebrews, and
members of the faith connect their struggle for dignity and
solidarity in Jamaican society with the struggle of the oppressed
Israelites. "Jah" and not the Bible is the decisive source of
morality and truth for the Rastas. Clearly written, sympathetic,
and at times critical, the book will be important in the fields of
African, African American, and Caribbean studies, especially to the
cultural and religious dimensions in each discipline.
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