Rastafari

Tradition·Founded 1930 CE·est. ~1 million worldwide

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Rastafari

Branch

Core Tenets

3 — a sample of the center, never the sum Part of Belief →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Jah lives in every person. I and I: the divine is not out there but in here — the phrase collapses the distance between God, self, and other. Go deeper — context →
Babylon must be resisted. The systems of oppression — colonial, commercial, mental — are named Babylon, and livity is lived against them. Go deeper — context →
Held by most — broad, but not universal
Haile Selassie I is divinity crowned. The 1930 coronation read through scripture: King of Kings, Lion of Judah — held by many as God incarnate, by others as Jah's chosen king. Go deeper — context →
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