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By Michelle A. Gonzalez

Sor Juana Inés de los angeles Cruz, a seventeenth-century Mexican nun, is likely one of the so much compelling figures of her age. A prolific author, a realized student, and the 1st lady theologian of the Americas, she used to be additionally a defender of the honor and rights of girls in the middle of a fiercely patriarchal tradition. during this research, Michelle Gonzalez examines Sor Juana’s contributions as a foremother of many currents of latest theology. specifically, in becoming a member of aesthetics with the search for fact and justice, her paintings and witness recommend new avenues for Hispanic, feminist, and different liberation theologies.

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