JSTOR Daily, the public facing magazine of the scholarly nonprofit ITHAKA, publishing Peter Feuerherd's 2017 article on how the Derg's 1974 coup against Emperor Haile Selassie and his 1975 death produced a crisis of faith among Rastafari in Jamaica, documenting the movement's belief in Selassie's divinity as the two hundred twenty fifth descendant of King David through Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, its rejection of his death as lies of Babylon spread by a hostile press, and the intensified reverence that had followed his 1966 visit to Jamaica.
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JSTOR Daily is ITHAKA's editorially produced public magazine explaining academic scholarship rather than a peer reviewed journal itself, tier 2, used here for the Rastafari movement's specific theological response to Selassie's reported death, corroborating Encyclopaedia Britannica's biographical account above. NotesUsed for the Rastafari movement's belief in Selassie's divinity, its rejection of his reported death as lies of Babylon, and the intensified reverence following his 1966 visit to Jamaica already recorded here.
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AuthorPeter Feuerherd
PublisherJSTOR Daily (ITHAKA)
URLhttps://daily.jstor.org/why-a-coup-in-ethiopia-created-a-faith-crisis-in-jamaica/
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