“Jesus vs. Christian Nationalism.” Presentation Given as a part of the Faith & Justice series. Meetinghouse Church. Edina, MN. October 6, 2022.
“A Night to Shine: Unmasking Mental Health.” Presentation given for Lake Region Hospital’s Fundraising Gala on November 21, 2020.
“Christian Sexual Ethics and the #MeToo Movement: Three Moments of Reflection on Sexual Violence and Women’s Bodies.” Paper to be Presented at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting. Louisville, Kentucky. January 4, 2019.
“A Theology of Encounter.” Presentation given at Amplify Network, Edina, MN. September 11, 2018.
“Inner Journey, Embodied Solidarity.” Presented at Kaleo of United Seminary of the Twin Cities. April 25, 2018.
“Feminist, Womanist, Mujerista, Post-Colonial, and Queer Interpretations of Jesus.” Dr. Demian Wheeler. TR607: Jesus. United Seminary of the Twin Cities. April 24, 2018.
“What Persisting Looks Like.” Invited panelist for the Susan Draper White Lecture. Panelist Host: Mary Farrell Bednarowski. Additional Panelists: Sherry Jordan and Ayo Yetunde. United Seminary of the Twin Cities. March 20, 2018.
Conference visionary, planner, host, presenter, responder, moderator, and convener of all sessions for “Re-Imagining Embodiment” conference. Keynotes from Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza and Dr. Wilson Yates. United Seminary of the Twin Cities. March 1-2, 2018.
“Facing Trauma: Vulnerability & Compassion as Embodied Practices for Re-Creating a World Beyond Violence.” Paper presented at “Re-Imagining a World Without Violence” Conference. Convened by Re-Imagining. Hosted at Plymouth Congregational Church. Minneapolis, MN. January 27, 2018.
“The Ethics of Student Debt and the Obligations of Universities.” Paper Presented at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. January 6, 2018.
“3rd and 4th Wave Feminist, Womanist, Mujerista, Post-Colonial and Queer Biblical Interpretation.” Drs. Alika Galloway and Carolyn Pressler. CH131: Engaging the Bible in a Gendered and Racialized World. United Seminary of the Twin Cities. October 5, 2017.
“Breakfast w/ the Author: Joshua A. Daniel (Transforming Faith: Individual and Community in H. Richard Niebuhr).” Facilitator for Breakfast Conversation at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting. New Orleans. January 7, 2017.
“Evangelicalism and Formation.” Invited panelist for Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism, United Seminary, New Brighton, MN. November 3, 2016.
“State Violence and Violence against Vulnerable Groups: Unaccompanied Children’s Rights and Catholic Responses.” Panel Moderator of the Religion and Violence 4th International McCormick Ethics Colloquium. Loyola University Chicago. April 18, 2016.
“Racialized Violence and Perverse Moral Perception: Neuroscientific Implications for Christian Ethics.” Paper presented at The International Conference at Université Catholique de Louvain: “The Genesis of Concepts and the Confrontation of Rationalities”. October 8, 2015.
“Mass Incarceration as ‘Altruistic Suicide’: A Revival of Durkheiminan Societal Analysis for Deconstruction of the ‘Fantastic Hegemonic Imagination.” Paper presented at the University of Erfurt International Colloquium. May 24, 2014.
“Mass Incarceration as ‘Altruistic Suicide’: A Revival of Durkheiminan Societal Analysis for Deconstruction of the ‘Fantastic Hegemonic Imagination.” Paper presented at the regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. April 4, 2014.
“Change Theory: A Model of Transdisciplinarity.” Paper presented at the regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. April 5, 2013.
“A Theology of Nakedness: Liberation’s Invitation to Community Formation.” Paper presented at the regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. March 30, 2012.
“On Receiving New Names.” Presented at Bethel Seminary Commencement, St. Paul, MN. June 4, 2011.
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 