Postcolonial Interpretation

The Bible in Rastafari

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ID20209728
AuthorsMarzia A Coltri (0000-0002-5043-2528, Bishop Grosseteste University, corresponding author), Marzia Coltri (Bishop Grosseteste University)
Year2020
Volume18
Issue3
Pages246-262
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBlack Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14769948.2020.1840828
OpenAlexW3100325526
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

This article discusses the development of a hermeneutical, phenomenological approach to Sacred Scriptures emerging from a “Third World” Liberation Theology. Referring to a study of Rastafari theology, I focus on a postcolonial interpretation of the rituals in the Rastafari movement. The adoption in Rastafari livity of the Bible and of apocryphal books such as the Kebra Nagast, The Holy Piby, and The Promised Key explores the meaning of Black identity and of Liberation Theology. This paper undertakes a review of these sacred texts within the Rastafari movement. Indeed, the Rasta spiritual canons create a new category in biblical studies and thus apply a postcolonial discourse and criticism within a “Third World” Theology. This can be seen even in food and music. In 1960s reggae music, scriptural themes are imbued with Ethiopian Christianity. Charismatic figures such as Bob Marley have contributed to vocalising the importance of Black consciousness in the world, and more recently with Ital food, Rastas has marinated eating habits with scriptural themes

Aesthetics · Art · Black theology · Charisma · Consciousness · Epistemology · Liberation theology · Literature · Sociology · Theology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies

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