Jenna Miscavige Hill, la nièce du chef actuel de la Scientologie, dévoile, pour la première fois, comment elle a grandi dans la Scientologie et comment elle a réussi à en sortir. Le récent divorce de Tom Cruise et de Katie Holmes a attiré l’attention sur les conditions de vie des enfants dans la Scientologie. Dans son livre, Jenna révèle comment elle a été séparée de ses parents, et comment elle a intégré la Sea organisation qui chapeaute l'ensemble de la Scientologie dans le monde entier. Fondée en 1952 par L. Ron Hubbard, la Scientologie suscite dans le monde entier de nombreuses interrogations et controverses. Dans ce livre évènement Jenna Miscavige Hill met en lumière les aspects les plus troubles de l’organisation : des pratiques de récolte d’argent au travail des enfants. Jusqu’à révéler comment la Scientologie recrute des stars pour assurer la promotion de l’organisation.

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Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In Beyond Belief, she shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect, details her experiences as a member Sea Org-the church's highest ministry, speaks of her "disconnection" from family outside of the organization, and tells the story of her ultimate escape. Piercing the veil of secrecy that has long shrouded the world of Scientology, this insider reveals unprecedented firsthand knowledge of the religion, its obscure rituals, and its mysterious leader-David Miscavige. From her prolonged separation from her parents as a small child to being indoctrinated to serve the greater good of the Church, from her lack of personal freedoms to the organization's emphasis on celebrity recruitment, Jenna goes behind the scenes of Scientology's oppressive and alienating culture, detailing an environment rooted in control in which the most devoted followers often face the harshest punishments when they fall out of line. Addressing some of the Church's most notorious practices in startling detail, she also describes a childhood of isolation and neglect-a childhood that, painful as it was, prepared her for a tough life in the Church's most devoted order, the Sea Org. Despite this hardship, it is only when her family approaches dissolution and her world begins to unravel that she is finally able to see the patterns of stifling conformity and psychological control that have ruled her life. Faced with a heartbreaking choice, she mounts a courageous escape, but not before being put through the ultimate test of family, faith, and love. At once captivating and disturbing, Beyond Belief is an eye-opening exploration of the limits of religion and the lengths to which one woman went to break free.

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