Elizabeth Sweeny Block, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Christian Ethics
Theological Studies
Courses Taught
Christian Ethics; Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics; Ethics of Technology; Freedom of Conscience; Christian Theology Introduction (graduate); Feminist Theology (graduate)
Education
Ph.D. in Religious Ethics, The University of Chicago Divinity School, 2013
M.T.S., Emory University's Candler School of Theology, 2003
B.A. in Theology and Psychology, Georgetown University, 2001
Research Interests
- Moral theology
- Moral anthropology
- Catholic ethics
- Conscience
- Social sin
- Gender
Publications and Media Placements
Books
The Engaged Conscience: Moral Agency in a Broken World, in progress
Essays and Journal Articles
鈥�.鈥� America. February 2023.
鈥�?鈥� America. November 2022.
鈥淢oral Freedom and Transgender Identity,鈥� Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 41, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2021): 331-347
鈥淢oral Intuition, Social Sin, and Moral Vision: Attending to the Unconscious Dimensions
of Morality and Igniting the Moral Imagination,鈥� Religions 12, no. 5 (2021): 1-15.
鈥淲hite Privilege and the Erroneous Conscience: Rethinking Moral Culpability and Ignorance,鈥�
Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 39, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2019): 357-374
鈥淎 Call to Action: Global Moral Crises and the Inadequacy of Inherited Approaches
to Conscience,鈥� Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 37, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2017): 79-96
Book Chapters
鈥淢oral Struggle.鈥� In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics, Vol. 3: Moral Issues, edited by William Schweiker, 1091-1097. Wiley-Blackwell, 2022.
鈥淓mbodied Formation, Embodied Cognition: Incorporating Neuroscientific Findings into
Conscience Formation.鈥� In Conscience and Catholic Education: Theology, Administration, and Teaching, edited by David DeCosse and Kevin Baxter, 45-60. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2022.
鈥淐onscience.鈥� In T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics, edited by Tobias Winright, 71-82. London: T & T Clark, 2021.
Honors and Awards
- Nominated for CAS Service Excellence Award, 2022
- Nominated for CAS Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award, 2021
- Mellon Faculty Development Award, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Emerging Scholar in Religious Ethics, Duquesne University Center for Catholic Faith and Culture, 2018-2020
Professional Organizations and Associations
- American Academy of Religion
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- Society of Christian Ethics