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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis superb edition presents to English-readers the extraordinary Mother Juana de la Cruz, whose visionary sermons and ecstatic “body language” fascinated Spaniards from villagers to Charles V. Ronald Surtz and Nora Weinerth provide masterful translations of Juana’s transcribed sermons and Jessica Boon contributes an insightful introduction to the mystic’s life, religious milieu, and theological discourse. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of religion, gender, and materiality in Spain at the dawn of its Golden Age.
Jodi Bilinkoff
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
"This superb edition presents to English-readers the extraordinary Mother Juana de la Cruz, whose visionary sermons and ecstatic 'body language' fascinated Spaniards from villagers to Charles V. Ronald Surtz and Nora Weinerth provide masterful translations of Juana’s transcribed sermons and Jessica Boon contributes an insightful introduction to the mystic’s life, religious milieu, and theological discourse. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of religion, gender, and materiality in Spain at the dawn of its Golden Age."
-- Jodi Bilinkoff, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Preface to the Translation 34
Prologue 35
Sermon 1: Incarnation
Introduction 37
Translation 40
Sermon 2: Nativity of Jesus
Introduction 67
Translation 71
Sermon 13: Losing Jesus in Jerusalem
Introduction 101
Translation 104
Sermon 19: Good Friday
Introduction 125
Translation 129
Sermon 20: Resurrection
Introduction 151
Translation 154
Sermon 22: Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Introduction 183
Translation 186
Postscript by the Translator 215
Bibliography 221
Index 235
