Miguel H. Díaz is the John Courtney Murray, SJ, University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Díaz, who served under President Barack Obama as the ninth U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, is co-editor of the series Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente (Fordham University Press). The series opened in 2021 with his edited volume The Word Became Culture. He is also the author of the third book in this series, Queer God de Amor. As a public theologian, Professor Díaz regularly engages print, radio, and television media. He also contributes to writing a column for the National Catholic Reporter titled "Theology en la Plaza." As part of his ongoing commitment to advance human rights globally, he participates in a number of diplomatic initiatives in Washington, D.C., including being a member of the Atlantic Council and a member of the Ambassadors Circle at the National Democratic Institute (NDI).

• Preface to the Series ixCarmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Gary Riebe-Estrella, Miguel H. DíazAcknowledgments xiiiA Note on References and Translations xviiIntroduction: Inflamed by God's Queer Love xix1. Doing Theology Sanjuanistamente 1Juan de la Cruz, a Disruptive Theological Voice 3A Starting Point in Ordinary and Daily Experience 6Mysticism and Sexuality 7Mysticism and Popular Catholicism 9Mysticism and Poetry 11A Queer "y qué" 152. Disrupting God-Talk 21Option for the Bedroom and Human Sexuality 23On Knowing God 30The Apophatic Way: On the Dark Night of Knowing 34The Cataphatic Way of Knowing God 38On Naming God as un no sé qué 44The un no sé qué God Is Self-Communicating Love 503. God's Self-Communication 52God's Self-Communication Conceived Sanjuanistamente 55The Recipient of God's Self-Communication 61The Effects of God's Self-Communication 65On Divine and Human Self-Communicating Love 674. Ecstasis Divine and Human 69Making Room for Another 71The Fluidity of Divine and Human Persons: Personal and Dynamic 78Mystically Performative Fluidity 82On Divine and Human Desire 855. Queering the God de Amor 93Queering Juan's Mysticism, a Precedent 97Queering God-Talk Sanjuanistamente 101Queering God's Self-Communication 106Queering the Ecstasis Divine and Human 111A Journey toward the Queer God de Amor 114Conclusion 117Index 125

Miguel H. Díaz is the John Courtney Murray, SJ, University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Díaz, who served under President Barack Obama as the ninth U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, is co-editor of the series Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente (Fordham University Press). The series opened in 2021 with his edited volume The Word Became Culture. He is also the author of the third book in this series, Queer God de Amor. As a public theologian, Professor Díaz regularly engages print, radio, and television media. He also contributes to writing a column for the National Catholic Reporter titled "Theology en la Plaza." As part of his ongoing commitment to advance human rights globally, he participates in a number of diplomatic initiatives in Washington, D.C., including being a member of the Atlantic Council and a member of the Ambassadors Circle at the National Democratic Institute (NDI).

• Preface to the Series ixCarmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Gary Riebe-Estrella, Miguel H. DíazAcknowledgments xiiiA Note on References and Translations xviiIntroduction: Inflamed by God's Queer Love xix1. Doing Theology Sanjuanistamente 1Juan de la Cruz, a Disruptive Theological Voice 3A Starting Point in Ordinary and Daily Experience 6Mysticism and Sexuality 7Mysticism and Popular Catholicism 9Mysticism and Poetry 11A Queer "y qué" 152. Disrupting God-Talk 21Option for the Bedroom and Human Sexuality 23On Knowing God 30The Apophatic Way: On the Dark Night of Knowing 34The Cataphatic Way of Knowing God 38On Naming God as un no sé qué 44The un no sé qué God Is Self-Communicating Love 503. God's Self-Communication 52God's Self-Communication Conceived Sanjuanistamente 55The Recipient of God's Self-Communication 61The Effects of God's Self-Communication 65On Divine and Human Self-Communicating Love 674. Ecstasis Divine and Human 69Making Room for Another 71The Fluidity of Divine and Human Persons: Personal and Dynamic 78Mystically Performative Fluidity 82On Divine and Human Desire 855. Queering the God de Amor 93Queering Juan's Mysticism, a Precedent 97Queering God-Talk Sanjuanistamente 101Queering God's Self-Communication 106Queering the Ecstasis Divine and Human 111A Journey toward the Queer God de Amor 114Conclusion 117Index 125

Miguel H. Díaz is the John Courtney Murray, SJ, University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Díaz, who served under President Barack Obama as the ninth U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, is co-editor of the series Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente (Fordham University Press). The series opened in 2021 with his edited volume The Word Became Culture. He is also the author of the third book in this series, Queer God de Amor. As a public theologian, Professor Díaz regularly engages print, radio, and television media. He also contributes to writing a column for the National Catholic Reporter titled "Theology en la Plaza." As part of his ongoing commitment to advance human rights globally, he participates in a number of diplomatic initiatives in Washington, D.C., including being a member of the Atlantic Council and a member of the Ambassadors Circle at the National Democratic Institute (NDI).

• Preface to the Series ixCarmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Gary Riebe-Estrella, Miguel H. DíazAcknowledgments xiiiA Note on References and Translations xviiIntroduction: Inflamed by God's Queer Love xix1. Doing Theology Sanjuanistamente 1Juan de la Cruz, a Disruptive Theological Voice 3A Starting Point in Ordinary and Daily Experience 6Mysticism and Sexuality 7Mysticism and Popular Catholicism 9Mysticism and Poetry 11A Queer "y qué" 152. Disrupting God-Talk 21Option for the Bedroom and Human Sexuality 23On Knowing God 30The Apophatic Way: On the Dark Night of Knowing 34The Cataphatic Way of Knowing God 38On Naming God as un no sé qué 44The un no sé qué God Is Self-Communicating Love 503. God's Self-Communication 52God's Self-Communication Conceived Sanjuanistamente 55The Recipient of God's Self-Communication 61The Effects of God's Self-Communication 65On Divine and Human Self-Communicating Love 674. Ecstasis Divine and Human 69Making Room for Another 71The Fluidity of Divine and Human Persons: Personal and Dynamic 78Mystically Performative Fluidity 82On Divine and Human Desire 855. Queering the God de Amor 93Queering Juan's Mysticism, a Precedent 97Queering God-Talk Sanjuanistamente 101Queering God's Self-Communication 106Queering the Ecstasis Divine and Human 111A Journey toward the Queer God de Amor 114Conclusion 117Index 125