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With Juana Ines de la Cruz and the Theology of Beauty, George H. Tavard presents the first thorough investigation of the theology of the greatest Latin American poet before our own time. HIs program is all the more important because she was the first woman of this continent to assert the right of women to study to the full extent of their capacities. An intelligent and intellectual woman, Juana Ines was eager to live a life of scholarship and felt ""a great aversion to matrimony,"" which directed her to enter the convent in 1667. Tavard provides a thought-provoking analysis both of the theological ideas that Juana Ines expressed in poetry and prose and of the conclusions, provisional or definitive, she may have reached about herself and about humanity.

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This theological analysis of de la Cruz's life and work will interest readers seeking a fuller understanding of one of the 17th century's most fascinating figures. -<i>-Library Journal</i>

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George H. Tavard (1922—2007) was visiting professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, the Josephinum School of Theology, Marquette University, Hekima School of Theology in Nairobi, Kenya, Regis College at the University of Toronto, and the Catholic University of America. He attended Vatican Council II as a ""peritus conciliaris,"" named by Pope John XXIII, and consultant to the Pontifical Secretariat for the Unity of Christians.

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