Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei - Couverture rigide

Tapia, Maria Del Carmen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826409377 ISBN 13 : 9780826409379

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1997

Synopsis

A former member of Opus Dei, a religious organization of the Roman Catholic Church, writes of the inner workings, dark side, and questionable practices of the organization, and discusses her contact with the organization's founder, Monsignor Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"A fascinating and disturbing book. . . a literary grenade seeking to blow apart Opus Dei's benign and exalted image. . . a picture of an obsessively secretive, manipulative and sexist organization with a virtual cultlike veneration of its founder."
-Boston Globe

Tapia's book is a comprehensive account of the inner workings of the women's branch of Opus Dei. It should fascinate sociologists and feminist and contribute to needed self-criticism in the Roman Catholic Church. . . A best seller in Spain, and a success in Germany, Portugal and Italy, Tapia's book has important lessons not only for John Paul II and other Catholics, but for all who wish to see religion freed from the tyranny of self-proclaimed saints.
"-Christian Century"

The little I knew about Opus Dei before reading this book was enough to make me feel uneasy about the increasing strength and visibility of the organization in the Catholic Church. Tapia's book deepened my wariness into something akin to dread. Her book, however, is not a cheap or sensational expose. It is the chronicle of an intelligent and sensitive woman who served the organization in responsible positions during her 18 year sojourn as a full member." -- -National Catholic Reporter

Présentation de l'éditeur

This text tells the story of a religiously motivated young woman who was manipulated, turned into a fanatic, and only gradually came to her senses - all because of a religious organization working in the highest echelons of the Roman Catholic Church: Opus Dei, 'Work of God'. During the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, Opus Dei has become the most powerful organization in the Roman Catholic Church. Describe as a "Holy Mafia" by its critics, 'The Work', as it is known, has been charged with secrecy, elitism, reactionary politics and questionable financial practices. For 18 years Maria del Carmen Tapia was a 'numerary' (full member) of Opus Dei and a major superior of the Women's Branch for much of it. She describes what she calls the making and unmaking of a fanatic. There is: the devious recruitment; the forced estrangement from her family; the indoctrination; life in the 'Golden Cage' of Opus Dei's governing centre in Rome; her years as head of the women's section in Venezuela; her sudden recall to Rome where for seven months she was held a virtual prisoner; and the reprisals after she left the organization.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826409377
• ISBN 13: 9780826409379
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible