L’Église cubaine : cinquante ans d’expérience « contre-révolutionnaire » ?

If the Church/State relationship is usually characterized in Cuba by alternate phases of gained and lost religious influence over politics, the revolutionary period is marked by confrontation. Nevertheless, after two decades of silence, Cuban Catholics have tried to change their role in the socialis...

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Main Author: Philippe Létrilliart
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Language:fra
Published: Université Paris 3 2008-08-01
Series:Cahiers des Amériques Latines
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cal/1276
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description If the Church/State relationship is usually characterized in Cuba by alternate phases of gained and lost religious influence over politics, the revolutionary period is marked by confrontation. Nevertheless, after two decades of silence, Cuban Catholics have tried to change their role in the socialist society. Since the beginning of the 1990’s, the « para-political » function of the Church has been entrust to laics. The Cuban Church is indeed aware of its weak penetration of the Cuban -society and of the risks linked to religious competition. It therefore relies on its own capacity to keep its role and influence.
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spellingShingle Philippe Létrilliart
L’Église cubaine : cinquante ans d’expérience « contre-révolutionnaire » ?
Cahiers des Amériques Latines
religion
catholicism
civil society
title L’Église cubaine : cinquante ans d’expérience « contre-révolutionnaire » ?
title_full L’Église cubaine : cinquante ans d’expérience « contre-révolutionnaire » ?
title_fullStr L’Église cubaine : cinquante ans d’expérience « contre-révolutionnaire » ?
title_full_unstemmed L’Église cubaine : cinquante ans d’expérience « contre-révolutionnaire » ?
title_short L’Église cubaine : cinquante ans d’expérience « contre-révolutionnaire » ?
title_sort l eglise cubaine cinquante ans d experience contre revolutionnaire
topic religion
catholicism
civil society
url https://journals.openedition.org/cal/1276
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