Embodying the Sacred: Women Mystics in Seventeenth-Century Lima

by Nancy E. Van Deusen and Nancy E. van Deusen

Book Overview

In seventeenth-century Lima, pious Catholic women gained profound theological understanding and enacted expressions of spiritual devotion by engaging with a wide range of sacred texts and objects, as well as with one another, their families, and ecclesiastical authorities. In Embodying the Sacred, Nancy E. van Deusen considers how women created and navigated a spiritual existence within the colonial city's complex social milieu. Through close...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822369958
• ISBN13: 9780822369950
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"