Obeah, Christ and Rastaman: Jamaica and Its Religion
Ivor MorrishPaperback 2022-10-27
Publisher Marketing: This is a book about an extraordinarily rich and varied culture - a culture in which 'most of the religio-political movements of the world are to be found epitomised in some form'. In tracing the Jamaican people's search for an identity through these movements, this book places the modern cult of Rastafarianism in the broadest of historical contexts. Obeah, Christ and Rastaman reflects the author's careful, scholarly approach, his delight in a fascinating, colourful subject and his deep, humane regard for a people 'who have, over the years, suffered incredible degradation and suppression'.
Table of Contents: Author's Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Culture and Religion of the Aborigines 3. The Peoples of Jamaica 4. The African Origins of Jamaican Slaves 5. Some Aspects of African Religion 6. Treatment of Slaves in the Carribean 7. Jamaican Slaves and Christianity 8. African Survivals 9. Revivalism and Pocomania 10. Cumina and Other Ceremonies 11. The Rastafarians 12. Christian Sects and Denominations 13. Religion and Jamaican Society 14. Conclusions Bibliography Appendices: 1. Sects and Denominations 2. Jamaica: Parish boundaries 3. West Africa: some ethnic groups Index
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Publisher Marketing: This is a book about an extraordinarily rich and varied culture - a culture in which 'most of the religio-political movements of the world are to be found epitomised in some form'. In tracing the Jamaican people's search for an identity through these movements, this book places the modern cult of Rastafarianism in the broadest of historical contexts. Obeah, Christ and Rastaman reflects the author's careful, scholarly approach, his delight in a fascinating, colourful subject and his deep, humane regard for a people 'who have, over the years, suffered incredible degradation and suppression'.
Table of Contents: Author's Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Culture and Religion of the Aborigines 3. The Peoples of Jamaica 4. The African Origins of Jamaican Slaves 5. Some Aspects of African Religion 6. Treatment of Slaves in the Carribean 7. Jamaican Slaves and Christianity 8. African Survivals 9. Revivalism and Pocomania 10. Cumina and Other Ceremonies 11. The Rastafarians 12. Christian Sects and Denominations 13. Religion and Jamaican Society 14. Conclusions Bibliography Appendices: 1. Sects and Denominations 2. Jamaica: Parish boundaries 3. West Africa: some ethnic groups Index