Reviews
"Recommended."
--Choice
"An excellent study of the social origins and significance of the Rastafarian religion in Jamaica."
"A rich and very informative study of the Rastafarian religion. I recommend it to readers with a broad interest in religion and also readers who are interested in this particular one."
--Journal of the American Academy of Religion
…point[s] out the degree to which Rastafari has given Jamaica a transformative religious practice and bring[s] Christianity into contact with that practice.
--New West Indian Guide
…Erskine has written a Rastafarian theology and grounded it in the historical, social, and cultural ethos of Jamaica.
--Journal of Church and State
…a deeply appealing study that never veers far from its author's personal and biographical connection to his subject…an introduction to nonspecialists, as well as some food for thought for Erskine's colleagues in theological studies…
--The Journal of African American History
"A welcome addition to a growing body of literature know as Rastafarian Studies."
--New West Indian Guide