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JAMAICAN
ANTHROPOLOGIST, author and theologian, the Reverend Dr. Leonard E.
Barrett Sr., died at home surrounded by his family on June 7, 2003 in
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Barrett migrated to the United States to study History and
Philosophy at the baccalaureate level in Reading, Pennsylvania. There he
earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Albright College before going on
to complete graduate work in African History at Temple University in
Philadelphia. In addition to obtaining a second Masters degree [this
time in Divinity] from the United Theological Seminary in Ohio, Dr.
Barrett returned to Temple where he successfully attained a doctorate in
Comparative Religion and Anthropology.
Dr. Barrett is the author of several books. His major works include The
Rastafarians: Sounds of Cultural Dissonance; The Sun and the Drum:
African Roots in Jamaican Folk Tradition and Soul Force-African Heritage
in Afro-American Religion. In 1977, Soul Force was nominated by Double
day Press as the most outstanding publication in the United States in
the area of Religion and Philosophy. In addition, he has written over 71
articles which were published in a variety of journals and anthologies
and presented at numerous symposiums.
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