A direct descendant of the Judeo-Christian tradition, he claims his ancestry from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. ... They maintained the belief that Selassie was the Jesus of which Christianity speaks, and as Rasta leader Altamount Reid declared, looked to him for "the spiritual deliverance of the world, not only among colored races but white as well" (Lewis, 7). ... Not only did they separate themselves from the traditional Christian church by their refusal to accept the image of their savior as a white Jesus, but they also managed to conflict with the spiritual churches, which suppor...

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