Michael Barnett (University of the West Indies)

The Rastafari Movement

A North American and Caribbean Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a historical and ideological overview of the Rastafari Movement in the context of other Black American theological movements. Building on previous scholarship and Barnettâ s fieldwork, it delivers a rich analysis of the Rastafari movement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781138682153
• ISBN-10: 1138682152
• Artikelnr.: 49565575

Autorenporträt

Michael Barnett is a retired Civil Engineer from Wellington, New Zealand. Initially, he worked as a geotechnician before moving to Chicago in 1967 to undertake advanced studies in Civil Engineering. During a career spanning fifty years, he travelled extensively in the 1970s, working in countries as diverse as Samoa, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Indonesia, the UAE, the USA, Australia, and latterly in Chile, Peru, Columbia, and Southeast Asia. Michael is a writer and a thinker with a special interest in national and international affairs. He reads extensively and writes about the political issues of the day, including their historical context.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1
Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, Ethiopianism and Rastafari: A Historical
Perspective
Chapter 2
General Overview of the Organizational Structure of the Rastafari Movement
Chapter 3
The Different Mansions of the Rastafari Movement
Chapter 4
Gender Dynamics Within the Rastafari Movement
Chapter 5
Important Concepts and Symbols for the Rastafari Movement
Chapter 6
The Globalization of the Rastafari Movement
Chapter 7
Out in the Field
Chapter 8
A Comparison between the Rastafari Movement and other Black Theological
Movements such as the Nation of Islam and the Black Hebrew Israelites
Chapter 9
Reflections on the Current Status of the Rastafari Movement
Appendix