Rastafari: References & Edit History
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Leonard E. Barrett, The Rastafarians: Sounds of Cultural Dissonance, new ed. (1997; originally published as The Rastafarians: A Study in Messianic Cultism in Jamaica, 1968), details the early history of the movement as well as its beliefs, symbols, and practices. Barry Chevannes, Rastafari: Roots and Ideology (1994), based on ethnographic and historical fieldwork, focuses on the historical and ideological strands of Rastafari. Bob Marley and the Wailers, Rastaman Vibration (1976, reissued 2002), a classic album of reggae music, has lyrics exemplifying Rastafari religious and political philosophy. Nathaniel Samuel Murrell, William David Spencer, and Adrian Anthony McFarlane (eds.), Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader (1998), is a wide-ranging study of numerous aspects of the Rasta movement by both scholars and practitioners of the religion.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: University of Vermont - Nature in the Rastafarian Consciousness. | Aug 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - NT Afternoons - Rastafari Religion. | Dec 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Rastafarianism: When Religious Beliefs Conflict With Medical NecessityA Case Report and Review of the Literature Around an Ethically Complicated Case. | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Clarified the references to biblical scriptures and expanded the discussion of dreadlocks. | Nov 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Vermont - Nature in the Rastafarian Consciousness. | Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Communications from the Herbs: A Step by Step to Guide Ini Consciousness (PDF). | May 28, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Association for Consumer Research - Consuming Rastafari: Ethnographic Research in Context and Meaning. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Rastafarians. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Rastafari - The New Creation (PDF). | Nov 13, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Religions and Spirituality Project - Rastafarianism. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black.” | Jul 23, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: United Religions Initiative - Rastafarianism. | Feb 19, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - The Beliefs and Practices of Rastafari. | Feb 19, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 15, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Minority Rights Group International - Rastafarians in Jamaica. | May 10, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ReligionFacts - Rastafarianism. | Aug 13, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: Westminster Abbey - Biography of John Burgoyne. | Jul 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: MedlinePlus - Beriberi. | Jul 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: BBC - Religion - Biography of Rastafari. |
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Apr 16, 2007 | |
| Article revised. | Dec 17, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |