RELIGIONS
RASTAFARI
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Question
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Rastafari
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Haile Selassie
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Emperor IV
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jamaican religious leaders adopted a version of his birth name, Tafari (Ras was an official title) and Rastafarians regard Selassie as a god. (Selassie himself remained a Christian throughout his life.)
Detailed explanation-2: -He is Ras Tafari: that was the birth name of Ethiopia’s 225th and last emperor, who was born on 23 July 1892, and took the regal name Haile Selassie I when he was crowned. For Rastas, he is God (or Jah) incarnate – the redeeming messiah.
Detailed explanation-3: -Haile Selassie I is regarded by Rastafarians as the God of the Black race. This is supported by the Rastafarian idea that God himself is black, a claim backed by this Biblical text: For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; as astonishment hath taken hold of me.