Ganja Struggles: Rastafari and the Contestation for Cannabis Rights in Jamaica

This essay examines the theological and socioeconomic impacts of the creation of the Jamaican marijuana industry on the Rastafari faith in Jamaica and, mainly, how Rastas are navigating the forces of governmental regulation and global capitalist control of the holy herb. I argue that the scope of th...

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Main Author: Goldson, Randy R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2020]
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 4, Pages: 569-594
RelBib Classification:BR Ancient religions of the Americas
KBR Latin America
XA Law
Further subjects:B Rastafari
B Resistance
B Ambivalence
B Sacralization
B herbalism
B Postcolonial
B Marijuana
B Babylon
B Natural Theology
B livity
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