Fidel And Religion

by Castro, Fidel

• ISBN13: 9781920888459
• ISBN10: 1920888454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-07
• Publisher: Ocean Pr

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 Sardiñas	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