Rastafari is an Afrocentric social and religious movement that
emerged among Afro-Jamaican communities in the 1930s and has many
adherents in the Caribbean and worldwide today. This book is a
groundbreaking account of Rastafari, demonstrating that it provides
a normative conception of Blackness for people of African descent
that resists Eurocentric and colonial ideas. Vivaldi Jean-Marie
examines Rastafari’s core beliefs and practices, arguing that
they constitute a distinctively Black system of norms and
values—at once an ethos and a cosmology. He traces Rastafari’s
origins in enslaved people’s strategies of resistance, Jamaican
Revivalism, and Garveyism, showing how it incorporates ancestral
religious traditions and emancipatory politics. An Ethos of
Blackness draws out the significance of practices such as avoiding
technological exploitation of natural artifacts and the belief in
living in harmony with the natural order. Jean-Marie considers
Rastafari’s theology, exploring its reinterpretation of biblical
scriptures and its foundations in the rejection of Christianity’s
Eurocentrism and racism. However, he insists, before Rastafari can
fulfill its promise of liberation for people of African descent, it
must confront its failure to include women and redress sexism.
Through rigorous and sensitive reflections on Rastafari culture and
cosmology, this book offers deeply original insights into the Black
theological imagination.
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Vivaldi Jean-Marie
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
248 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-20977-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-231-20977-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780231209779 |
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