The Politics of Religious Knowledge

Sor Juana lived under the scrutiny of ecclesiastical authorities who determined acceptable theology. Her life reveals how religious knowledge is never neutral—it's shaped by institutional power, gender, class, and politics. For anyone navigating religious identity, this concept exposes the structures beneath belief itself. When you doubt or leave a faith tradition, you're often resisting not truth but power arrangements dressed as truth. Sor Juana's work on scriptural interpretation, theology, and knowledge itself demonstrates that you can reclaim authority over how you understand the sacred. Recognizing the politics of religious knowledge liberates you to question not just doctrines but the systems that enforced them.