[OPE-L] Fidel and Religion

From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Fri Sep 22 2006 - 09:10:08 EDT


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Subject: Timely new publication - FIDEL & RELIGION
From:    "Ocean Press" <info@oceanbooks.com.au>
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FIDEL AND RELIGION



A timely new edition of a bestseller on religion and revolution



Ocean Press has just published a new edition of Frei Betto's extended
interview with Fidel, Fidel and Religion, in English and Spanish. This book
remains unique among the many biographies and interviews that have appeared
over the decades in offering an intimate insight into the “man behind the
beard.”



It is also a timely publication because of the recent illness of Fidel and
the international speculation about his legacy and the prospects for a
post-Fidel Cuba.



This fascinating dialogue has a new introduction by the Brazilian liberation
theologist Frei Betto explain-ing the impact of the first publication of
this book in Latin America in the 1980s, how it helped pave the way for Pope
John Paul II's visit to Cuba in 1998, and how it influenced the change in
the rules of the Cuban Communist Party to accept as members those practicing
their religious faith.



It also seems an appropriate moment to revisit the discussion of religion
and revolution, especially in Latin America where even Hugo Chavez,
Washing-ton's new bete noire, describes himself as a Christian.



ORDER NOW: postage free!

orders@oceanbooks.com.au

www.oceanbooks.com.au



FIDEL AND RELIGION

Fidel Castro in Conversation with Frei Betto on Marxism and Liberation
Theology

1-920888-45-4 (paper)

300 pages, $19.95



FIDEL Y LA RELIGIÓN

Conversaciones con Frei Betto sobre el Marxismo y la Teología de Liberación

1-920888-77-2 (paper)

300 pages $19.95




Ocean Press
info@oceanbooks.com.au
www.oceanbooks.com.au


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