ABSTRACT
Statements by both religious and regime officials offered some clues as to the direction that religion in Cuba are headed: The most important ideological and political task ahead is the culmination of the building of socialism, and, at the same time, the constant effort to improve our society. Apparently recognizing its economic dependency, the Cuban regime appears willing, or resigned, to accept Soviet ideological leadership in exchange. The arena of ideology seems a useful barometer of trends developing in each sphere of ideological control from one quarter to the next, since the shaping of conciencia is common to them all. The regime’s current thrust to reinforce, and where necessary, reform popular and Party “right-mindedness” implies the regime’s belief in the necessity for such an effort—that Cuban society is currently showing that it is not convinced, or at least, not as much as it should be—about the value of its “social qualities” and the prospects held by its future.
