Significance of the use of ganja as a religious ritual in the Rastafari movement

dc.contributor.author	Pretorius, Stephanus Petrus
dc.date.accessioned	2008-10-15T11:37:10Z
dc.date.available	2008-10-15T11:37:10Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.description.abstract	In 2000, the South African Constitutional Court ruled that religious freedom, including the exercise of religious rituals, may not contradict the laws of the country. This ruling came as a result of the Western Cape Law Society's refusal to admit a Rastafarian as lawyer because of his habit of smoking marijuana. He appealed to the Constitutional Court and claimed that the ruling infringed upon his right to religious freedom. The Constitutional Court upheld the decision that no exception may be made for one religion.	en
dc.description.uri	http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1525162	en
dc.identifier.citation	Pretorius, SP 2006, 'The significance of the use of ganja as a religious ritual in the Rastafari movement', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1012-1030. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_verbum.html]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1609-9982
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/7555
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.rights	Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.subject	Rituals	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Rastafari Movement -- rituals
dc.subject.lcsh	Freedom of religion -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Religion and law -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Marijuana -- Law and legislation
dc.title	Significance of the use of ganja as a religious ritual in the Rastafari movement	en
dc.type	Article	en