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

Tapia, Maria Del Carmen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826410960 ISBN 13 : 9780826410962

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1998

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maria del Carmen Tapia was born in Spain in 1925 and joined Opus Dei in 1948. She works in the systemwide office of the Education Abroad Program of the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826410960
• ISBN 13: 9780826410962
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 378
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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