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Elizabeth Block

Institution Saint Louis University
Position Associate Professor of Christian Ethics
Email Address elizabeth.block@slu.edu
University Profile Website URL
Prior Educational Background
  • Ph.D., The University of Chicago Divinity School
  • M.T.S. Emory University Candler School of Theology
  • B.A. Georgetown University
Research Interests
  • Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • LGBTQ Theologies
  • Social Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
Recent Publications
  • “What Does God Reveal in Transgender Bodies? A Conversation on Catholic Teaching and Gender.” America. February 2023.
  • “Conversation: How Should Catholics Think about Gender Identity and Transgender Persons?” America. November 2022.
  • "Embodied Formation, Embodied Cognition: Incorporating Neuroscientific Findings into Conscience Formation.” In Conscience and Catholic Education: Theology, Administration, and Teaching, edited by David DeCosse and Kevin Baxter, 45-60. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2022.
  • "Christian Moral Freedom and the Transgender Person," Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 41 (2): 331-347.
  • “Conscience.” In T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics, edited by Tobias Winright, 71-82. London: T & T Clark, 2021.