Protest and Mysticisim: The Rastafari Cult of Jamaica
The Rastafari cult in Jamaica is a predominantly male-oriented politico-religious protest cult involving the Messianic worship of the Emperor Haille Salassie, and anticipating its return to Africa. This detailed anthropological study of the Rastafari movement interprets the data on the institution i...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1969]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Emperors
B Bible B Men B Peasant class B Faith B Children B Police B Mothers |
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| Summary: | The Rastafari cult in Jamaica is a predominantly male-oriented politico-religious protest cult involving the Messianic worship of the Emperor Haille Salassie, and anticipating its return to Africa. This detailed anthropological study of the Rastafari movement interprets the data on the institution itself, and the associated symbol system, in sociological and psychoanalytic terms, and demonstrates how the cult is based on a self-renewing and self-justifying system of belief and action. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1384337 |