Rastafari movement

The Rastafari movement, or Rasta, is a new religious movement that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate, called Jahor Jah Rastafari.

Haile Selassie I

Afrocentrism

Socially, Rastafari has been viewed as a response to racist negation of black people as it was experienced, both in the world as a whole (where Selassie was the only black monarch recognized in international circles), and in Jamaica, where in the 1930s black people were at the bottom of the social order, while white people, their religion and system of government were at the top.

Church and Holy Trinity

Some Rastas believe that their own body is the true church or temple of God, and so see no need to make temples or churches out of physical buildings. Rasta doctrine concerning the Holy Trinity relates to the name Haile Selassie meaning Power of the Trinity in Ge'ez. Rastas believe that Haile Selassie is both God the Father and God the Son of the Holy Trinity, while it is themselves, and potentially all human beings, who embody the Holy Spirit.