Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei - Softcover

Hutchison, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552167320 ISBN 13: 9780552167321

Publisher: Corgi, 2012

Synopsis

To the outside world, Opus Dei's stated intention is 'to remind all people that they are called to holiness, especially through work and ordinary life'. But with an elite membership of 80,000 and tentacles reaching around the globe, this secretive sect within the Catholic Church has far greater potential influence.

In recent years it has come under criticism from within the Catholic Church and from authorities in the countries where it operates, revealing a more sinister intention: to confront Islam on the world's spiritual battlefields, by whatever means necessary.

Their Kingdom Come demonstrates how Opus Dei has forged an unholy alliance with the Mafia, secular powerbrokers and highly placed prelates, with the result that Christian values are being threatened by the malign influences of power politics and big money.

Opus Dei's command council runs an immense intelligence network and a vast multinational conglomerate, preparing for what the organisation regards as Christendom's inevitable showdown with radical Islam...

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Review

"A responsible piece of investigative reporting ... packed with meticulous detail"
--"Publishers Weekly" "[A] highly detailed account...a fluid read [that] blows away the mist." --"National Catholic Reporter" "Robert Hutchinson provides a thorough, highly entertaining guide to this sinister, self-important organisation and checks out claims of brainwashing, persecution of ex-members and financial dirty tricks." -- "Focus Magazine"

A responsible piece of investigative reporting ... packed with meticulous detail. "Publishers Weekly"

[A] highly detailed account...a fluid read [that] blows away the mist. "National Catholic Reporter"

Robert Hutchinson provides a thorough, highly entertaining guide to this sinister, self-important organisation and checks out claims of brainwashing, persecution of ex-members and financial dirty tricks. "Focus Magazine""

"A responsible piece of investigative reporting ... packed with meticulous detail." --Publishers Weekly

"[A] highly detailed account...a fluid read [that] blows away the mist." --National Catholic Reporter

"Robert Hutchinson provides a thorough, highly entertaining guide to this sinister, self-important organisation and checks out claims of brainwashing, persecution of ex-members and financial dirty tricks." --Focus Magazine

Book Description

Inside the secret world of Opus Dei.

About this edition

• Publisher: Corgi
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0552167320
• ISBN 13: 9780552167321
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576