Fidel And Religion

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Pub. Date: 2006-08-07
Publisher(s): Ocean Pr
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Summary

In an intimate 23-hour dialogue with Brazilian liberation theologist Frei Betto, Fidel Castro revealed much about his personal background and candidly discussed his views on religion.

Table of Contents

Fidel Castro vii
Frei Betto ix
20 Years Later: Introduction to the new edition by Frei Betto 1(8)
Foreword by Armando Hart 9(4)
Paths to a Meeting by Frei Betto 13(10)
PART I: CHRONICLE OF A VISIT
Friday, May 10, 1985
23(6)
Monday, May 13, 1985
29(10)
Tuesday, May 14, 1985
39(8)
Saturday, May 18, 1985
47(9)
Sunday, May 19, 1985
56(5)
Monday, May 20, 1985
61(1)
Tuesday, May 21, 1985
62(2)
Wednesday, May 22, 1985
64(5)
PART II: THE INTERVIEW WITH FIDEL CASTRO
1
Childhood
69(6)
Family and religious background
75(5)
Baptism as Fidel
80(5)
Early years in Santiago de Cuba
85(5)
Education in Catholic schools
90(3)
Religious instruction
93(8)
First ethical values
101(18)
Introduction to Marxist ideas
119(12)
2
The attack on Moncada
131(8)
Capture
139(4)
Imprisonment and the war
143(3)
Father Guillermo SardiƱas
146(3)
The Catholic church and the revolution
149(6)
Initial tensions with the Catholic church
155(19)
Christians and the Communist Party
174(22)
3
Talks with US Catholic bishops
196(3)
Accord between religious doctrine and revolution
199(5)
Current role of the church and its believers
204(5)
The Catholic church and revolutionary movements in Latin America
209(8)
Liberation theology
217(16)
Reflections on the Catholic church and social justice
233(7)
4
Pope John Paul 11 and Cuba
240(6)
Jesus Christ, the revolutionary
246(5)
Christians and communists
251(3)
Communism and religion
254(2)
Love as a revolutionary requirement
256(2)
Class struggle and hatred
258(7)
Democracy in Cuba and bourgeois democracy
265(7)
"Exporting the revolution"
272(2)
Latin America's foreign debt crisis
274(7)
Relations with Brazil
281(5)
Che and Camilo
286

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