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	Obiagele Lake, RastafarI Women
		Rastafarians, who had emerged several years prior to this, were concerned with nationalist and repatriation ventures and did not participate in larger struggles for emancipation.
		Rastafarians stand out as an example par excellence of this contradiction since they are viewed by many as being in the vanguard of revolutionary movements.
		Rastafarian men have dominated leadership positions within the organization and consider women to be secondary in all matters pertaining to RastafarI.
	northstar.vassar.edu /volume4/lake.html (1446 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rastafarian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rastafarians generally believe that the smoking of cannabis (known as ganja or holy herb) enjoys Biblical sanction and is an aid to meditation and religious observance.
		Rastafarianism is a 20th century phenomenom originating from the shanty towns of Kingston, Jamaica, and spreading among the African (and non-african) diaspora on the wings of the international music industry and the ganja trade routes.
		Judiasm and Rastafarianism:- A study of the Falashas by Edward Bardfield - presents the thesis that the Falashas are the bridge between the Jews and the Rastafarians.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rastafarian (3033 words)

	rastafarians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rastafarianism is a religious movement which emerged in Jamaica in the early 1930s out of Biblical prophecy, fl social and political aspirations and the teachings of the Jamaican-born fl publicist and organiser Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
		Rastafarians generally believe that the smoking of cannabis ("ganja") enjoys Biblical sanction and is an aid to meditation and religious observance.
		Rastafarians use a version of the Bible called the Holy Piby and believe that the more standard translations of its contents represent changes created by the racist white power structure.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Rastafarians.html (2284 words)

	Rastafarianism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rastafarianism's followers, known as Rastafarians or Rastas, believe that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie, last emporer of Ethiopia) remains a living messiah who will lead the world's peoples of Africa n descent into a promised land of full emancipation and divine justice.
		Rastafarians generally believe that the smoking of cannabis (known as " ganja " or " herb ") enjoys Biblical sanction and is an aid to meditation and religious observance.
		By the 1950s, Rastafarianism's message of racial pride and unity had unnerved the ruling class of Jamaica, and confrontations between the poor fl Rastas and middle-class white police were common.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Rastafarianism.html (2267 words)

	Rastafari movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants." On the basis of the Kebra Negast, Rastas interpret this as meaning she conceived his child, and from this, they concluded that the fl people are the true children of Israel, or Jews.
		Emperor Haile Selassie I, whom the Rastafarians call Jah, was crowned "King of Kings, Elect of God, and Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah" in Addis Ababa on November 2, 1930.
		Somewhere between one and two hundred thousand Rastafarians from all over Jamaica descended on Kingston airport having heard that the man whom they considered to be God was coming to visit them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rastafarianism (5856 words)

	Rastafari movement - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rastafarians see themselves as conforming to a vision of how Africans should live, reclaiming what they see as a culture stolen from them when they were brought on slave ships to Jamaica, birthplace of the movement.
		Their religion is difficult to categorise, because Rastafari is not a centralised organisation; and it is left to the individual Rastafarians to work out the truth for themselves, resulting in a wide variety of beliefs entering beneath the general umbrella of Rastafari.
		Rastafari is a response to racist negation of fl people as it was experienced in Jamaica, where in the 1930s, fl people were at the bottom of the social order, while white people and their Christian religion were at the top.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Rasta (5300 words)

	Rastafarianism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rastafarianism is a Jamaican religion with about 1 million adherents and that is often associated with reggae music and ritual marijuana smoking.
		Rastafarianism's followers, known as Rastafarians or Rastas, believe that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie, last emperor of Ethiopia) remains a living messiah who will lead the world's peoples of African descent into a promised land of full emancipation and divine justice.
		Haile Selassie's 1966 visit to Jamaica and meeting with Rastafarian elders gave a marked boost to the movement: his death in 1975 coincided paradoxically with the beginning of its most spectacular period of growth, sustained in part by the international popularity of reggae music in which Rastafarianism found expression.
	www.wikiverse.org /rastafarianism (2409 words)

	Rasta
		Rastafarians see themselves as conforming to a vision of how Africans should live, reclaiming what they see as a culture stolen from them when they were brought on slave ships to Jamaica, birthplace of the movement.
		Their religion is difficult to categorise, because Rastafari is not a centralised organisation; and it is left to the individual Rastafarians to work out the truth for themselves, resulting in a wide variety of beliefs entering beneath the general umbrella of Rastafari.
		Emperor Haile Selassie I, whom the Rastafarians call Jah, was crowned "King of Kings, Elect of God, and Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah" in Addis Ababa on November 2, 1930.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Rasta (5220 words)

	RastaWorld
		Rastafarians believe that God is a spirit and that this spirit was manifested in King H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I. Rastafarians believe that Jesus was a direct descendant of King David and was fl.
		Rastafarians believe that they are the original Lost Tribes of Israel that were once scattered by Babylon until the appearance of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I. Rastafarians believe that God will return them to Zion (Rastafarians refer to Ethiopia as Zion).
		Rastafarians believe that Ethiopia is the Promised Land and that it is Heaven on Earth.
	rastatrip.spaces.live.com (1279 words)

	About H.I.M. Haile Selassie (Jamaica)
		Haile Selassie is said to be of this bloodline and to Rastafarians the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.
		Many of Rastafarians who attended insisted their presence was to observe the proceedings and not to participate, as they did not think it was the body of Emperor Haile Selassie.
		Rastafarians belief of H.I.M. Haile Selassie I being the Messiah has not changed even though he and his family have denied it.
	www.jamaicans.com /culture/rasta/abouthim.shtml (1206 words)

	Bob Marley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joe Higgs, a local singer and devout Rastafarian, was key to Bob Marley's success.
		Marley was a member of the Rastafari movement, which believes Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, the former Emperor of Ethiopia to be Jah (God) incarnate, the returned messiah.
		Rastafari culture was a key element in the development of reggae, and Marley's adoption of the characteristic Rastafarian dreadlocks and use of marijuana as a sacred sacrament in the early seventies were an integral part of his persona as a famous musician.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Marley (2424 words)

	Learn more about List of people by belief in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are a variety of articles on wikipedia that list people of a particular religious belief.
		These lists are not exhaustive: there is no encyclopedic benefit to listing every single member of each religion.
		People are selected on various criteria - ideally they should have wikipedia articles of their own, and be in some way noteworthy for their belief.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_people_by_belief.html (185 words)

	The Nassau Guardian - www.thenassauguardian.com
		The Prime Minister acknowledged the Rastafarians' right to fair treatment, and said that people should be made aware that there are differences in any society and the reasons for those differences.
		Led by their Royal Ambassador Priest, Rithmond Mckinne, the rastafarians were armed with a petition containing a list of demands which they intended to present the Prime Minister after he left parliament.
		The Royal Ambassador added that he was concerned by the fact that Rastafarians were given no religious respect, and that there was allegedly no protection for them and their way of life under the Constitution of the Bahamas.
	www.thenassauguardian.com /national_local/310962843135835.php (383 words)

	Famous Adherents: What religion was...? (religious affiliation)
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		These lists are about individual people, and no individual person is representative of a religious tradition as a whole.
	www.adherents.com /adh_fam.html (1025 words)

	All Other Faiths Page
		The list was created by the same people who collected and organized this database, in consultation with university professors of comparative religions and scholars from different religions.
		This list is based primarily on the degree of doctrinal/theological similarity among all the various sub-groups which belong to these classifications, and to a lesser extent based on diversity in practice, ritual and organization.
		For the purposes of this list, this grouping also includes more proactive or well-defined philosophies such as secular humanism, atheism, agnosticism, deism, pantheism, freethought, etc., most of which can be classified as religions in the sociological sense, albeit secular religions.
	www.sistersofembracement.org /otherFaiths.htm (11146 words)

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		A listing of doctrinally and organizationally meaningful divisions or denominational "branches" (such as Catholic, Eastern/Orthodox Christian, Sunni Islam, Shiite Islam, Evangelical Christian, Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, etc.) would clearly be useful, but that is the subject of a different list: Major Branches of Major World Religions.
		This list is based primarily on the degree of doctrinal/theological similarity among all the various sub-groups which belong to these classifications, and to a lesser extent based on diversity in practice, ritual and organization.
	www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html (11821 words)

	Rastafari movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Rastafari movement has spread throughout much of the world, largely through immigration and interest generated by Nyahbinghi and reggae music—most notably, that of Bob Marley, who was baptized ''Berhane Selassie'' (Light of the Trinity) by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church before his death, a step also taken later by his widow Rita.
		Most Rastafarians are vegetarian or only eat limited types of meat, and in the US you can find numerous West Indian vegetarian restaurants.
		Other reggae musicians with strong Rastafarian elements in their music include Toots and The Maytals, Burning Spear, Black Uhuru, Ras Michael, Prince Lincoln Thompson, Bunny Wailer Prince Far I, Israel Vibration and literally hundreds more.
	goc.subdomain.de /Rastafarianism (5439 words)

	Rastafari movement - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Most Rastafarians are vegetarian or only eat limited types of meat.
		They see a wide range of "isms and schisms" in modern society and want no part in them,for example communism and capitalism.
		The event created great publicity throughout the world, including in Jamaica, and particularly through two consecutive Time magazine articles about the coronation (he was later named Time's Man of the Year for 1935).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Rastafarian (5776 words)

	The Conscious Rasta Perspective
		Today Rastafarians are easily identified by their distinct look, often characterized by wearing their hair in distinctive dreadlocks fashion as well as a range of fashionable adornments ranging from Rasta tams (knitted hats), the sporting of the Pan-Afrikan colors of red, green, gold and fl.
		The presence of this Afrikan orthodox church is evident within various Rastafarian religious practices, most notably ritual practices such as the use of incense in religious services, the number of Rasta practitioners who attend Ethiopian Orthodox Church services and in certain cases the actual establishment and ordination of churches affiliated with the Ethiopian church.
		In Rastafarian Nyahbinghi circles, Afrikan drumming is used to induce a trance-like spiritual state and to reinforce transcendent spiritual bonds between Rasta brethren and sistren within the community.
	www.afgen.com /rasta.html (4129 words)

	P.O.D. and Rastafarianism
		Rastafarianism is a religion and way of life, that began in Jamaica in the 1930’s that blends components of Christianity, Hinduism, New Age, Mysticism, Racism and Voodoo.
		Rastafarianism is a lie and a false hope and a perversion of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.
		Rastafarianism does not teach an afterlife such as heaven or hell, but their heaven is Zion, which to the Rasta is Ethiopia, the promise land.
	www.av1611.org /crock/pod_rast.html (7450 words)

	Marley
		Thousands of Rastafarians and music fans are gathering in Ethiopia to begin a month of events to mark what have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday
		Ethiopia was chosen because Rastafarians, such as the late singer, regard the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie as their spiritual leader.
		Marley was a dedicated Rastafarian and a strong believer in one of its central beliefs, the importance of return to Mother Africa.
	www.blackissue.com /marley.htm (479 words)

	Rastafarians
		Rastafarians are members of a Jamaican messianic movement dating back to the 1930s; in 1974 they were estimated to number 20,000 in Jamaica.
		According to Rastafarian belief the only true God is the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (originally known as Ras Tafari), and Ethiopia is the true Zion.
		Rastafarians claim that white Christian preachers and missionaries have perverted the Scriptures to conceal the fact that Adam and Jesus were fl.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txo/rastafar.htm (538 words)

	Rastafari movement - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		It is not possible to explore the roots and development of the Rastafarian movement without detailing the life and times of Leonard Howell - who has been described as the "first Rasta".
		Usage of alcohol is also generally deemed unhealthy to the Rastafarian way of life, partly because it is seen as a tool of Babylon to confuse people, and partly because placing something that is pickled and fermented within oneself is felt to be much like turning the body (the Temple) into a "cemetery".
		Emperor Haile Selassie I, whom some of the Rastafarians call Jah, was crowned "King of Kings, Elect of God, and Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah" in Addis Ababa on November 2, 1930.
	www.medbib.com /Rasta (7302 words)

	Black Diaspora @ Sellassie WWW
		Over a period of ten years (1917-1927) Garvey took his message to the United States and Great Britain; if Europe is for Europeans, then Africa is for the fl people of the world He told his followers to look to Africa for the crowning of a king to know that their redemption is near.
		The Rastafarian who chooses to assert I-n-I is thus and ‘uplifted’ one, one that has rediscovered his/her dignity.
		The Rastafarian speech has been called “soul language,” ghetto language,” and “hallucinogenic language.” It is characterized as the language of the uneducated because among other things it is almost devoid of subject-object opposition as well as without verbs and has other peculiarities.
	filmplus.org /him/page5.html (3455 words)

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		Those who weren't fl Rasatarians (ie those who were not fl, those who were not fl and claimed to be Rastafarians, and those who were fl but weren't Rastafarians) were often openly criticized by Rastafarians who profess that if you are not a Rastafarian you should not play Reggae.
		This is because Reggae is the music of the Rastafarians, and to be Rasta you must, by definition, be Black.
	www.xmission.com /pub/lists/zorn-list/archive/v02.n494 (3117 words)

	Rastafari movement - Alternative medicine - Alternative medicine
		The movement emerged in Jamaica among working-class and peasant fl people in the early 1930s, arising from an interpretation of BibleBiblical prophecy, fl social and political aspirations, and the teachings of their prophet, Jamaican fl publicist and organiser Marcus Garvey, whose political and cultural vision helped inspire a new world view.
		The movement is sometimes called "Rastafarianism"; however, this is considered improper and offensive by Rastas.
		Somewhere between one and two hundred thousand Rastafarians from all over Jamaica descended on Kingston, JamaicaKingston airport having heard that the man whom they considered to be God was coming to visit them.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Rastafari_movement (5694 words)

	Amazon.com: The Rastafarians: Books: Sr. Leonard E. Barrett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I chose it because the author is not a Rastafarian, but he is sympathetic to the religion.
		A decent amount is dedicated to Ethiopia and the idea of Ethiopianism where Rastafarians basically view this country in the same way as Zion is viewed by the Jews.
		The Rastafarians is an exceptional work that chronicles the development of Rastafarianism in historical and sociological contexts.
	www.amazon.com /Rastafarians-Sr-Leonard-E-Barrett/dp/0807010391 (1580 words)

	Dominica's Heritage & Culture: Rastafarians
		The belief in pursuing a life close to nature, spurning imported and processed foods and depending more on vegetables, 'I-tals', had an influence even on non-rastas.
		Although the whole lifestyle, beliefs and appearance associated with Rastafarianism is widely accepted today, there was fierce reaction from the social and political establishment of 1970s Dominica.
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	www.avirtualdominica.com /heritage.cfm?Id=185 (264 words)

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