Beyond RastafarI: An Historical and Theological Introduction

Author:   Marzia A. Coltri
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   56
ISBN:  

9783034309592


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   26 March 2015
Format:   Paperback
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This book is an invitation to reflect on how a minority culture emerged from within «Third World» liberation movements. It considers not only the historical and cultural journey between Ethiopia and Jamaica, but also the psychological dynamics of subalterns between the East and the West. In this work, the author discusses the various beliefs and ideologies of the RastafarI movement in relation to Ethiopia, and challenges the RastafarI misogynistic attitude by rehabilitating the position of women within the movement through the figure of the Queen of Sheba.

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Author:   Marzia A. Coltri
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   56
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9783034309592


ISBN 10:   3034309597
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   26 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Interpreting RastafarI identity – The East: Locating Ethiopia – The link between Rastas and the Ethiopian Christians: The Monophysite doctrine in RastafarI – Rasta Talk: A linguistic and metaphysical resistance – Afrocentricity in RastafarI: The origins of the RastafarI movement – Relocating Xaymaca: Cultural stereotypes in confrontation – A woman in RastafarI: Liberation and ethnic-religious creativity – The Bible and the Ethiopian literary sources.

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Overall, this topnotch book enables readers to see Rastafari as an avowedly African way of being religious and as such should appeal to students and specialists alike. I warmly recommend it. (Darren J. N. Middleton, Nova Religio February 2017)


Author Information

Marzia Anna Coltri, a native of Verona, Italy, is lecturer in Christianity at Christ College London through Canterbury Christ Church University. She holds a Laurea Magistrale in Philosophy and in 2012 received a PhD in minority African religions from the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her areas of expertise are African Theology, Feminist-Womanist Theology and Critical Philosophy. She is part of the Scientific Committee of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief (F.O.B.) and she is a member of the British Association for the Study of Religion (B.A.S.R.).

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