African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
267 p., Draws on in-depth interviews to reveal the personal experiences of those who adopted the religion in the 1950s to 1970s, one generation past the movement's emergence . By talking with these Rastafari elders, he seeks to understand why and how Jamaicans became Rastafari in spite of rampant discrimination, and what sustains them in their faith and identity.
Hefferan,Tara (Editor), Adkins,Julie (Editor), and Occhipinti,Laurie (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
p. 238 p.
Notes:
Includes /Bretton Alvaré's "Fighting for 'livity': Rastafari politics in a neoliberal state" and Tara L. Hefferan's "Encouraging development 'alternatives': grassroots church partnering in the U.S. and Haiti"
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
282 p, A popular exposition of the theology of the Rastafarians. Attempts to allow the Rasta to explain their doctrines in their own words, examining all key doctrines in different chapters.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
282 p., A popular exposition of the theology of the Rastafarians. Attempts to allow the Rasta to explain their doctrines in their own words, examining all key doctrines in different chapters.
"This brief essay seeks to reflect on the contextual background and cultural milieu that surrounding the writing of Jesus is Dread, the first fully articulated Black theology text in Britain. The author, who is now an accomplished and respected film maker and television presenter, was the first Black person to teach Black theology as a fully fledged, academic discipline within theological education and ministerial training in Britain. This essay offers some nascent thoughts on the Construction of this text, highlighting the reasons for its development, and the influences that enabled it to come to life. The latter part of the essay outlines the author's subjective analysis on the continuing developments in the Black theology in Britain movement since the emergence of Jesus is Dread in 1998." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];
