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Article: Religious reawakening: stirrings in Cuba. (Column)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- October 19, 1994
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In certain important respects, Cuba is experiencing a religious reawakening. After more than 35 years of official state atheism, public religious practice had almost disappeared; outwardly, Cuban society had become almost completely secularized. Now a religious rebirth is readily discernible, though it is still quite limited in relation to the island's total population of more than 11 million, half of whom are under 35 and thus younger than the revolution.
Both the Catholic Church and the various Protestant churches show growth in Cuba - as does Santeria, a mixture of traditional Christianity with aspects of African religions. The increase in the number of people, ...