2022 Catholic Media Association second place award in theology: morality, ethics, Christology, Mariology, and redemption
For some decades, the work of Carmelite theologian Constance FitzGerald, OCD, has been a well-known secret, not only among students and practitioners of Carmelite spirituality, but also among spiritual directors, spiritual writers, retreatants, vowed religious women and men, and Christian theologians.

Contents Foreword ix Brian McDermott, SJ Acknowledgments xii Introduction: Rowing Toward God in an Anguished World 1 M. Shawn Copeland 1 A Discipleship of Equals: Voices from Tradition-- Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross 21 Constance FitzGerald, OCD 2 Constance FitzGerald, OCD, Contemplative 65 Colette Ackerman, OCD 3 Impasse and Dark Night 77 Constance FitzGerald, OCD 4 Contemplative Prayer and the Impasse of White Supremacy 103 Laurie Cassidy 5 The Sentinel 131 Maria Teresa Morgan 6 The Desire for God and the Transformative Power of Contemplation 151 Constance FitzGerald, OCD 7 Impasse and Catastrophe: What the Virus Teaches 173 Susie Paulik Babka 8 Impasse and the Preferential Option for the Poor 195 Roberto S. Goizueta 9 Impasse and Climate Crisis: A Contemplative View 211 Margaret R. Pfeil 10 Transformation in Wisdom: The Subversive Character and Educative Power of Sophia in Contemplation 231 Constance FitzGerald, OCD 11 Contemplative Transformation in Sophia-Wisdom: A Way of Decolonizing Faith and Society 305 Alex Mikulich 12 Toward a Spirituality for Racial Justice: The Transformation of Consciousness and the "Souls of White Folks" 325 Bryan N. Massingale 13 Passion in the Carmelite Tradition: Edith Stein 347 Constance FitzGerald, OCD 14 Grace in a Violent World: Constance FitzGerald's Reading of Edith Stein 373 Andrew Prevot 15 Preaching the Dark Wisdom of the Cross 391 Mary Catherine Hilkert, OP 16 Dark Night and the Transformative Influence of Wisdom in John of the Cross 409 Constance FitzGerald, OCD 17 From Impasse to Prophetic Hope: Crisis of Memory 425 Constance FitzGerald, OCD List of Contributors 455 Selected Writings of Constance FitzGerald, OCD 461