Theology and Religious Studies
St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Selected
Writings
Publisher: Paulist Press
Mahwah, NJ
2005, 323 pages
Published in the Classics of Western Spirituality
series, the volume offers for the first time a substantial
collection of the religious writings of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
(1648-1695) translated into English. These translations include two
plays, 13 poems, two devotional works, one theological treatise and
Sor Juana’s defense of women’s learning, her autobiographical,
Letter to Sor Philotea. The introduction advocates for Sor
Juana’s stature as a major religious writer.