From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Fri Sep 22 2006 - 09:10:08 EDT
-------------------- Original Message --------------------- Subject: Timely new publication - FIDEL & RELIGION From: "Ocean Press" <info@oceanbooks.com.au> -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Sep 30 2006 - 00:00:06 EDT