Alumna Ruth Padilla DeBorst (’16): “Fleeing the hot spots: Climate change, migration and mission”

On November 16, 2021, BU STH alumna Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst (’16) delivered the Alexander Duff Lecture as part of COP26, entitled “Fleeing the hot spots: Climate change, migration, and mission.”

Ruth Padilla DeBorst

Her lecture is available on YouTube here and was followed by responses from two World Christianity Ph.D. students, Nuam Hatzaw and Alec Simpson, and a time of discussion.

The Alexander Duff Lecture was sponsored by the Church of Scotland and co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of World Christianity and the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (New College, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh).