APPENDIX: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON RASTAFARI
Ennis Barrington Edmonds is an Assistant Professor at Kenyon College.
"Ennis Edmonds provides a lucid and thought-provoking argument for
how Rastafari has become established as a mainstay in Jamaican
culture. Modifying Weberian notions of routinization and charisma,
Edmonds demonstrates how Rastafari symbols have permeated Jamaican
society, ensuring the continued
existence of the movement despite its minimal formal structure.
Rastafari is important not only to scholars of Caribbean religions,
but to anyone interested in how new religions find a stable place
in society."--Richard C. Salter, Department of Religious Studies,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
"Not only does Edmonds' work provide an engaging introduction to
the history, cosmology, structure and ritual of Rastafari, it also
presents a strong framework for understanding how this religious
movement grew from its roots among a group of "denigrated outcasts"
to a world religion without
developing the institutional forms that scholars generally
associate with religions. With a sophisticated reworking of Max
Weber's theory of charisma and routinization, Edmonds sheds light
on the development of this particular movement but also poses
challenging questions about the histories of
religious movements more broadly. Edmonds' work is essential
reading for anyone interested in Rastafari and in theoretical
approaches to religious movements."--Judith Weisenfeld, Department
of Religion, Vassar College
"Edmonds's work sounds a new depth in the maturing of the
scholarship on Rastafari. Not simply another general introduction,
this book adapts Weber's theory of charisma and rountinization to
analyze Rastafari, thereby breaking new scholarly ground
andyielding many intriguing insights to our
collective knowledge of this globally-impacting two-thirds world
identity movement. As such, this study is a welcome
contribution."--William David Spencer, author of Dread Jesus and
co-editor of Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader
"Ennis Edmonds's Rastafari is cogently written and persuasive. I am
undecided as to which is more valuable, its contribution to the
literature on charisma and routinization or its contribution to the
literature on Rastafari. In truth it is a fine introduction to
Weber's thesis on the institution of
religion and at the same time an excellent explanation to anyone
trying to understand how it is that after seven decades Rastafari
is such an integral part of the Jamaican mindscape but must still
fight for its legitimacy."--Barry Chevannes, author of Rastafari:
Roots and Ideology
"Ennis Edmonds provides a lucid and thought-provoking argument for
how Rastafari has become established as a mainstay in Jamaican
culture. Modifying Weberian notions of routinization and charisma,
Edmonds demonstrates how Rastafari symbols have permeated Jamaican
society, ensuring the continued
existence of the movement despite its minimal formal structure.
Rastafari is important not only to scholars of Caribbean religions,
but to anyone interested in how new religions find a stable place
in society."--Richard C. Salter, Department of Religious Studies,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
"Not only does Edmonds' work provide an engaging introduction to
the history, cosmology, structure and ritual of Rastafari, it also
presents a strong framework for understanding how this religious
movement grew from its roots among a group of "denigrated outcasts"
to a world religion without
developing the institutional forms that scholars generally
associate with religions. With a sophisticated reworking of Max
Weber's theory of charisma and routinization, Edmonds sheds light
on the development of this particular movement but also poses
challenging questions about the histories of
religious movements more broadly. Edmonds' work is essential
reading for anyone interested in Rastafari and in theoretical
approaches to religious movements."--Judith Weisenfeld, Department
of Religion, Vassar College
"Edmonds's work sounds a new depth in the maturing of the
scholarship on Rastafari. Not simply another general introduction,
this book adapts Weber's theory of charisma and rountinization to
analyze Rastafari, thereby breaking new scholarly ground
andyielding many intriguing insights to our
collective knowledge of this globally-impacting two-thirds world
identity movement. As such, this study is a welcome
contribution."--William David Spencer, author of Dread Jesus and
co-editor of Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader
"Ennis Edmonds's Rastafari is cogently written and persuasive. I am
undecided as to which is more valuable, its contribution to the
literature on charisma and routinization or its contribution to the
literature on Rastafari. In truth it is a fine introduction to
Weber's thesis on the institution of
religion and at the same time an excellent explanation to anyone
trying to understand how it is that after seven decades Rastafari
is such an integral part of the Jamaican mindscape but must still
fight for its legitimacy."--Barry Chevannes, author of Rastafari:
Roots and Ideology
"Ennis Edmonds provides a lucid and thought-provoking argument for
how Rastafari has become established as a mainstay in Jamaican
culture. Modifying Weberian notions of routinization and charisma,
Edmonds demonstrates how Rastafari symbols have permeated Jamaican
society, ensuring the continued
existence of the movement despite its minimal formal structure.
Rastafari is important not only to scholars of Caribbean religions,
but to anyone interested in how new religions find a stable place
in society."--Richard C. Salter, Department of Religious Studies,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
"Not only does Edmonds' work provide an engaging introduction to
the history, cosmology, structure and ritual of Rastafari, it also
presents a strong framework for understanding how this religious
movement grew from its roots among a group of "denigrated outcasts"
to a world religion without
developing the institutional forms that scholars generally
associate with religions. With a sophisticated reworking of Max
Weber's theory of charisma and routinization, Edmonds sheds light
on the development of this particular movement but also poses
challenging questions about the histories of
religious movements more broadly. Edmonds' work is essential
reading for anyone interested in Rastafari and in theoretical
approaches to religious movements."--Judith Weisenfeld, Department
of Religion, Vassar College
"Edmonds's work sounds a new depth in the maturing of the
scholarship on Rastafari. Not simply another general introduction,
this book adapts Weber's theory of charisma and rountinization to
analyze Rastafari, thereby breaking new scholarly ground and
yielding many intriguing insights toour
collective knowledge of this globally-impacting two-thirds world
identity movement. As such, this study is a welcome
contribution."--William David Spencer, author of Dread Jesus and
co-editor of Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader
"Ennis Edmonds's Rastafari is cogently written and persuasive. I am
undecided as to which is more valuable, its contribution to the
literature on charisma and routinization or its contribution to the
literature on Rastafari. In truth it is a fine introduction to
Weber's thesis on the institution of
religion and at the same time an excellent explanation to anyone
trying to understand how it is that after seven decades Rastafari
is such an integral part of the Jamaican mindscape but must still
fight for its legitimacy."--Barry Chevannes, author of Rastafari:
Roots and Ideology
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