Opus Dei
(see also Catholic Theocracy & Christian Right)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Controversial Catholic is Made a Saint. CBS News (10/2/02). Msgr. Escrivá y Balaguer.
Opus Dei in the US. James Martin, SJ, America (2/25/95).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Opus Dei (official site).
Opus Dei/Work of God (GroupWatch).
Opus Dei: The Unofficial Homepage.
In the Library: Articles
Baumann, Paul. "Let there be light: a look inside the hidden world of Opus Dei," Washington Monthly (10-11.05):56-58. Review essay on Allen, Opus Dei.
Farrell, Michael J. "What Escrivá's beatification says about church," National Catholic Reporter (4/17/92):10-12. Useful introduction.
Lernoux, Penny. "The papal spiderweb: Opus Dei & the 'perfect society'," Nation (4/10/89):469, 482-87.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Allen, John L. Jr. Opus Dei: The First Objective Look Behind the Myths & Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church (NY: Doubleday, 2005).
Armas, Isabel de. Ser mujer en el Opus Dei: tiempo de recordar (Madrid: Foca, 2002).
Becarud, Jean. De La regenta al Opus Dei (Madrid: Taurus, 1977).
Berglar, Peter. Opus Dei: Life & Work of its Founder, José María Escrivá (Princeton NJ: Scepter, 1994).
Bowers, Fergal. The Work: An Investigation into the History of Opus Dei, & How It Operates in Ireland Today (Swords: Poolbeg, 1989).
Buendía, Manuel. La Santa Madre (México: Océano, 1985).
Corbiere, Emilio J. Opus Dei: el totalitarismo católico: acerca del integrismo y del progresismo cristiano (Buenos Aires: Sudamerica, 2002).
Coverdale, John. Uncommon Faith: The Early Years of Opus Dei, 1928-1943 (Princeton NJ: Scepter, 2002).
Estruch, Joan. Saints & Schemers: Opus Dei & Its Paradoxes (NY: Oxford, 1995).
Gondrand, François. At God's Pace: A Biography of José María de Escrivá y Balaguer (NY: Scepter, 1989).
Guillén, Abraham. La "élite" del poder en España: la sociedad secreta del "Opus Dei" (Montevideo: Aconcagua, 1973).
Hutchison, Robert A. Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei (NY: St. Martin's, 1999).
Illanes, José Luis. On the Theology of Work: Aspects of the Teaching of the Founder of Opus Dei (New Rochelle NY: Scepter, 1982).
Lernoux, Penny. People of God: The Struggle for World Catholicism (NY: Viking, 1989).
Le Vaillant, Yvon. Sainte Maffia: le dossier de l'Opus Dei (Paris: Mercure de France, 1971).
Moreno, Maria Angustias. La otra cara del Opus Dei (Barcelona: Planeta, 1978).
O'Connor, William. Opus Dei: An Open Book. A Reply to the Secret World of Opus Dei by Michael Walsh (Dublin: Mercier, 1991).
Requena, Federico M. y Javier Sesé (eds.) Fuentes para la historia del Opus Dei (Barcelona: Ariel, 2002).
Rodríguez Pedrazuela, Antonio. Un mar sin orillas: el trabajo del Opus Dei en Centroamérica, recuerdos sobre sus comienzos (Madrid: Rialp, 2000).
Ruiz, Carlos María. Yo Argentina, esclavo del Opus Dei: relato de verdad (Valencia: BROLISA, 1980).
Soto, Francisco. Fascismo y Opus Dei en Chile: Estudios de literatura e ideología (Barcelona: Avance, 1976).
Tapia, María del Carmen. Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei (NY: Continuum, 1998).
Thierry, Jean Jacques. Opus Dei: A Close-Up (trans. Gilda Roberts; NY: Cortland, 1975).
Vázquez de Prada, Andrés. El fundador del Opus Dei: Monseñor José Escrivá y Balaguer (1902-1975) (Madrid: RIALP, 1983).
Walsh, Michael J. Opus Dei: An Investigation into the Secret Society Struggling for Power within the Roman Catholic Church [1989] (San Francisco: Harper, 1992).
Ynfante, Jesús. Une crime sous Giscard: l'affaire de Broglie, l'Opus Dei, Matesa (Paris: Maspero, 1981).
In the Library: Fiction
Paretsky, Sarah. Killing Orders (NY: Ballantine, 1985).