A collection of essays for departments of sociology/anthropology, Caribbean and religious studies. Topics covered include: cultural continuity between Rastafari and Reviva; the Ndyuka and Winti religions; the symbolism of dreadlocks and Rastafari integration in British society.

Preface to the Paperback Edition - Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; B.Chevannes - Introducing the Native Religions of Jamaica; B.Chevannes - New Approach to Rastafari; B.Chevannes - Religion as Resistance in Jamaican Peasant Life: The Baptist Church, Revival Worldview and Rastafari Movement; J.Besson - The Origin of the Dreadlocks; B.Chevannes - The Phallus and the Outcast: The Symbolism of the Dreadlocks in Jamaica; B.Chevannes - Dub History: Soundings on Rastafari Livity and Language; J.P.Homiak - The De-Labelling Process: From 'Lost Tribe' to 'Ethnic Group'; E.Cashmore - African-American Worldviews in the Caribbean; H.U.E.Thoden van Velzen - Demons in a Garbage Chute: Surinamese Creole Women's Discourse on Possession and Therapy; W.van Wetering - History, Memory and Appropriation: Some Problems in the Analysis of Origins; R.Littlewood - Afterword; B.Chevannes - Note - References - Glossary -Index