Rev Prof Peter Black

BA, B.Theol, STL, STD.
Professor, Lecturer in Moral Theology, post graduate coordinator

Email: Peter.Black@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0135

  • Biography

    Professor Peter Black has a BA in philosophy from Newcastle University, New South Wales, and completed his primary theological studies (B.Theol.) through the Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne. Having completed his Licentiate in Moral Theology he continued his studies until 1994 when he was awarded the Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Academia Alfonsiana, Rome, with the grade of “Summa Cum Laude.” He has lectured in moral theology at the Vincent Pallotti Institute for the Laity, Rome, at Catholic Institute of Sydney, The Catholic Theological Union, Hunters Hill, and Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne, Murdoch University, Western Australia and The Washington Theological Union in Washington DC. He has been teaching theology with a particular interest in moral theology at Notre Dame University since 1996. Rev. Dr. Peter Black is a priest of the Archdiocese of Perth. He was the founding chairperson of the Western Australian State Coroner's Ethics Committee and continues to work with Catholic Education.

  • Teaching areas

    Moral Theology
    Christology

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Has supervised four doctoral students in the past and several Masters students in moral theology

  • Books

    • The Essential Handbook of Moral Theology. Missouri: Liguori Press, 2003.
    • Whatever Happened to Sin? Missouri: Liguori Press, 2004
    • The Essential Handbook of Moral Theology. Missouri: Liguori Press, (revised second edition), 2006.
    • Life, Death, and Catholic Medical Choices. Missouri: Liguori Press, 2011.

  • Book chapters

    "The Parents of Young Gays and Lesbians: Responsibility and Support." A chapter in the book Catholic Moral Theology in the Service of HIV/AIDS Prevention, edited by James Keenan S.J., Continuum Press, 2000.

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • Do Circumstances Ever Justify Capital Punishment?" Theological Studies 60 (1999): 338-345. "Talking Points for Moral Theology." Peter Black C.Ss.R. and Kevin O'Neil C.Ss.R. New Theology Review 12 (1999): 49-61.
    • "Revisions of Homosexuality: The Catechism and Always Our Children." Louvain Studies 25 (2000): 72-81.
    • "The Parents of Young Gays and Lesbians: Responsibility and Support." A chapter in the book Catholic Moral Theology in the Service of HIV/AIDS Prevention, edited by James Keenan S.J., Continuum Press, 2000.
    • "The Evolving Self-Understanding of the Moral Theologian: 1900-2000." Peter Black and James Keenan S.J., Studia Moralia. June (2001): 292-327
    • "The Broken Wings of Eros: Christian Ethics and the Denial of Desire." Theological Studies 64 (2003): 106-126.
    • Black, Peter. "Pope Francis and the Jubilee Year of Mercy." Pastoral Liturgy 46, no. 2 (February 2016-May 2016): 6-10.

  • Professional affiliations

    The Australian and New Zealand Association of Moral Theologians

  • Community engagement

    Parish Work
    Catholic Education Office
    Catholic Seminaries of Perth