religion some contributors refer to the rastafarian religion all dictionaries define religion as a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices or similar religions write down their curriculum and document everything in detail relgions can be propagated and repeated indefinitely they are a managed and organized teaching system the rastafarian religion doesn't meet this test in the truest dictionary sense rastafarianism is not a religion it is a folk cult i e a faddish devotion to or veneration for a person principle or thing and varies from person to person and village to village definitions are from dictionary com