Intersection of Climate Justice and Faith to be Explored at 2025 Florence L. Warren Lectureship

DUBUQUE, Iowa - Rev. Abby Mohaupt, PhD, director of the Garrett Collective at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, will be the guest lecturer at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary's 2025 Florence L. Warren Lectureship on Monday, October 20, 2025.

The lectureship is free and open to the public. It will begin with a lecture, titled "Praise God, All You Sea Monsters," at 11:00 a.m. October 20 in Alumni Hall on campus with lunch to follow. A workshop, titled "Meet Your Neighbors: An Ecological Exploration," will be held at 2:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall.

Please RSVP to [email protected] by Wednesday, October 15, 2025, to attend.

Mohaupt said her academic work on climate justice and faith builds on the work of and is possible because of the courageous grassroots leaders of the environmental justice movements. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Mohaupt has organized around climate justice in the PCUSA and around the world. Her first book, Climate Justice, Climate Hope: A Moral Economy, co-authored with Rev. Michael Malcom, MBA, MDiv, explores the relationships between Christianity, climate change, and economics.

A native of Northern Illinois, Mohaupt has roots in the Bay Area, New Jersey, and North Texas. She holds a doctor of philosophy from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey; a master of theology and master of divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois; and a bachelor of arts in religion and sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.

The Florence L. Warren Lectureship, established through the generosity of the late Florence L. Warren, a friend of the seminary, has brought to UDTS distinguished scholars who have lectured on topics related to religion and culture.