Editing Marcus Garvey (section)

===Influence on religious movements===
Garvey never regarded himself as a religious visionary but he was perceived as such by some of his followers.{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|p=99}} Various [[Bedwardites]] for example regarded him as the reincarnation of Moses.{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|p=99}} The [[Moorish Science Temple of America]] regarded Garvey as a prophet akin to John the Baptist in relation to their prophet [[Noble Drew Ali]], whom they regarded as a Jesus figure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moorishamericannationalrepublic.com/about/the-prophet-noble-drew-ali-and-marcus-garvey-connection/|title=The Prophet Noble Drew Ali and Marcus Garvey Connection|publisher=The Divine and National Movement of North America, Inc #13 The Moorish American National Republic|website=Moorish Science Temple|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805135843/https://moorishamericannationalrepublic.com/about/the-prophet-noble-drew-ali-and-marcus-garvey-connection/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Garvey's ideas were a significant influence on the [[Nation of Islam]], a religious group for African Americans established in the U.S. in 1930.{{sfnm|1a1=Graves|1y=1962|1p=65|2a1=Barnett|2y=2006|2pp=879–880}}

Garvey and Garveyism was a key influence on [[Rastafari]], a [[new religious movement]] that appeared in 1930 Jamaica.{{sfnm|1a1=Chevannes|1y=1994|1p=87|2a1=Ifekwe|2y=2008|2p=110}}
According to the scholar of religion [[Maboula Soumahoro]], Rastafari "emerged from the socio-political ferment inaugurated by Marcus Garvey",{{sfn|Soumahoro|2007|p=39}} while for the sociologist Ernest Cashmore, Garvey was the "most important" precursor of the Rastafari movement.{{sfn|Cashmore|1983|p=3}} Rastafari does not promote all of the views that Garvey espoused, nevertheless, it shares many of them.{{sfn|Clarke|1986|p=44}} Garvey knew of the Rastas from his time in Jamaica during the 1930s but his view of them, according to the scholar Barry Chevannes, "bordered on scorn".{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|p=109}}

According to Chevannes, Garvey would have regarded the Rastas' belief in the divinity of Haile Selassie as [[blasphemy]].{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|p=110}} Many Rastas regard Garvey as a prophet,{{sfnm|1a1=Clarke|1y=1986|1p=35|2a1=Grant|2y=2008|2p=453|3a1=Edmonds|3y=2012|3p=7}} believing that he prophesied the crowning of [[Haile Selassie]] in a manner which was similar to how [[John the Baptist]] prophesied the coming of Jesus Christ.{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|pp=102–103}} Many legends and tales are told about him within Jamaica's Rasta community.{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|p=100}} Many attribute him with supernatural attributes, for instance there is a tale told about him—and also independently told about the pioneering Rasta [[Leonard Howell]]—that Garvey miraculously knew that his bath had been poisoned and refused to get into it.{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|pp=100–101}} Other stories among Jamaica's Rastas hold that Garvey never really died and remained alive, perhaps living in Africa.{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|p=101}} Some Rastas also organise meetings, known as Nyabinghi Issemblies, to mark Garvey's birthday.{{sfn|Edmonds|2012|p=60}}