Beyond Rastafari : an historical and theological introduction /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Peter Lang,
[2015]
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| Series: | Religions and discourse ;
v. 56. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Interpreting RastafarI identity; The RastafarI phenomenon; The nature of RastafarI; RastafarI and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; Some specific considerations; RastafarI as a new religious movement (NRM); Chapter 2: The East: Locating Ethiopia; Are the Ethiopians still pagans?; The concept of schism between East and West; Rejecting the pagan idolatry: The 'other cults'; Councils and creeds: From Nicaea and Constantinople to Chalcedon; Monophysitism versus Diophysitism; The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
- From pre-Christianity to Christianity in EthiopiaThe Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Ceremonies, liturgies, organization and symbols; Chapter 3: The link between Rastas and the Ethiopian Christians: The Monophysite doctrine in RastafarI; Rasta and Monophysite outlooks; The fusion of symbols in RastafarI; RastafarI and its connection with the Christian name of Haile Selassie: 'Lord of Lords and Might of the Holy Trinity'; RastafarI: A syncretistic movement?; The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo legacy in RastafarI.
- Life and spirituality in the Rastafarian movement: Rituals, symbols and liturgiesThe symbolism of colours in Rasta thought; Festivals in RastafarI; Chapter 4: Rasta Talk: A linguistic and metaphysical resistance; Concerning word change: The suffix '-ism'; RastafarI versus Rastafarian-ism: An ethical outlook; Changing the meaning of words into the divinity: Who is Ras Tafari?; The magic ring or circle of Solomon and the divine mystery of the word Abracadabra; Defining Rasta language (Rasta Talk); The speech of RastafarI; Rethinking the phrase 'blackheart men versus white men'
- The Rasta lexicon or Rasta TalkChapter 5: Afrocentricity in RastafarI: The origins of the RastafarI movement; Changing the context in Rasta Livity; Afrocentric theory in Rasta attitudes and behaviour; Why Africa? Rastafarian roots and Livity; Garvey's legacy in the RastafarI movement; RastafarI consciousness (autocoscienza): Negritude; Afrocentricity in dreadlocks; Charismatic leaders in RastafarI; Chapter 6: Relocating Xaymaca: Cultural stereotypes in confrontation; The first forms of domination in Jamaica; The earliest phenomena of resistance in Jamaica.
- The first charismatic woman of the Caribbean: Nanny and the liberation movement
- The 'other' worldRastafarI and marronage; Emancipation and oppression: A redefinition of the human condition; Towards a postcolonial discourse and a redefinition of the oppressed subjects; RastafarI versus western hegemony; Chapter 7: A woman in RastafarI: Liberation and ethnic-religious creativity; The origins of the name of Sheba; A pluralistic portrait of a woman: The daughter of Lilith and Isis; The Queen of Sheba versus RastafarI patriarchy; The Queen of Sheba and the Kebra Nagast.