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Protestants, Revolution, and the Cuba-U.S. Bond (Hardcover, First)
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Protestants, Revolution, and the Cuba-U.S. Bond (Hardcover, First)
Series: Contemporary Cuba
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This is a rare look at one aspect of civil society in Communist
Cuba - the Protestant experience - and at continuing links between
Cuba and the United States that do not focus on diplomatic issues.
After the 1959 Cuban revolution, Protestant churches on the island
suffered the repression, economic hardship, and isolation that the
rest of the country experienced. Even so - and contrary to
conventional thought about the relationship between the United
States and Cuba - Cuban Protestant churches continued to maintain
most of their ties with U.S. churches and have preserved an high
degree of independence from the Cuban government. By 1961 most U.S.
missionaries had left Cuba, and throughout the decade many young
Cuban pastors and seminarians were conscripted into semi-military
work brigades. Despite these events, most Protestants sought to
maintain their pre-revolution identity, which included a rejection
of atheistic Marxism. In addition, economic and political changes
in Cuba since the fall of the Soviet Union have brought about a
renewal of bonds between Cuba and the United States in many
denominations. The author follows the story of church-state
relations to the present, including the explosive growth of
Pentecostalism since the 1990s.
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