Editing Incarnation (section)

===Rastafari===
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Rastas refer to God as Jah, a shortened name for God used in English translations of the Bible.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barrett |first=Leonard E. |title=The Rastafarians |date=2018 |publisher=Beacon Press |isbn=978-0-8070-1039-6 |edition=Reprint |location=Boston, MaA |page=83}}</ref> Rastafari emphasises the [[immanence]] of Jah,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chevannes |first=Barry |date=1990-01-01 |title=Rastafari: towards a new approach |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/nwig/64/3-4/article-p127_3.xml |journal=New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids |volume=64 |issue=3–4 |pages=127–148 (135) |doi=10.1163/13822373-90002020 |issn=1382-2373|doi-access=free }}</ref> who partially resides within every person,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fernández Olmos |first1=Margarite |title=Creole religions of the Caribbean: an introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo |last2=Paravisini-Gebert |first2=Lizabeth |date=2011 |publisher=New York University Press |isbn=978-0-8147-6228-8 |edition=2nd |series=Religion, race, and ethnicity |location=New York |page=196}}</ref> in a manner similar to the Hindu concept of [[Brahman]].<ref name="Edmonds 2012" />{{rp|p=45}} The unity of divinity and humanity is often reflected in the saying "I and I", and the aphorism "God is man and man is God".<ref name="Edmonds 2012">{{Cite book |last=Edmonds |first=Ennis Barrington |title=Rastafari: a very short introduction |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford Univ. Press |isbn=978-0-19-958452-9 |edition=1st |series=Very short introductions |location=Oxford}}</ref>{{rp|p=36}} Rastafari practices known as [[Livity (spiritual concept)|livity]], influenced by the [[Nazirite]] vow, are seen as a way to embrace this inner divinity.<ref name="Edmonds 2012" />{{rp|pp=43}}

[[Haile Selassie]] I, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, is traditionally seen by Rastas as the [[Second Coming]] of [[Jesus]] or Jah incarnate, and is sometimes referred to as "the living God".<ref name="Bedasse 2010">{{Cite journal |last=Bedasse |first=Monique |date=2010 |title=Rasta Evolution: The Theology of the Twelve Tribes of Israel |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0021934708320135 |journal=Journal of Black Studies |language=en |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=960–973 (961–8) |doi=10.1177/0021934708320135 |issn=0021-9347}}</ref> To others, he is a human who embodies the teachings of Christ, or a distinct human prophet who symbolises the divinity within humankind.<ref name="Edmonds 2012" />{{rp|pp=32–33}}<ref name="Bedasse 2010" /> Leonard Barrett has argued that many Rastas believe in a form of reincarnation, where Moses, Elijah, Jesus and then Haile Selassie are [[avatar]]s of Jah.<ref>Barrett, Leonard E. (2018). ''The Rastafarians'' (Reprint&nbsp;ed.). Boston, MaA: Beacon Press. p.&nbsp;112. {{ISBN|978-0-8070-1039-6}}.</ref> R. Matthew Charet has argued that ''Christ'' is a title for Rastas much as ''[[Buddha]]'' is for Buddhists, and that Christ's divine connection is not unique to Jesus but may be attained by all humans through a "discovery of the Christ-consciousness in us all".<ref name="Charet 1999">Charet, R. Matthew. "Jesus was a Dreadlocks: Rastafarian Images of Divinity." ''Sydney Studies in Religion'' (1999). p.126.</ref>