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Church of the wild : how nature invites us into the sacred / Victoria Loorz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Broadleaf Books, 2021Description: xi, 245 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1506469647
  • 9781506469645
Subject(s):
Contents:
A communion of subjects -- When you realize something is missing -- Into the mountains to pray -- Allured into the wilderness -- Restoring the great conversation -- In the beginning was the logos -- Courtship of the particular -- Love is as strong as death -- Wild ordination.
Summary: "Like many who feel unfulfilled by traditional faith expressions, Victoria Loorz went in search of spirituality strong enough to reckon with the unraveling of her vocation, identity, and planet, and found herself in the wilderness. With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wild uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church. Here Loorz helps us connect to a love that literally holds the world together--a love that calls us into communion with all creatures"--Back cover.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 261.88 L863 Available 33111010775258
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

2024 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner in "Religion / Spirituality of Western Thought" Category

Winner of the Living Now Book Award, Church of the Wild reminds us that once upon a time, humans lived in an intimate relationship with nature.

Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with an unraveling vocation, identity, and planet, Loorz turned to the wanderings of spiritual leaders and the sanctuary of the natural world, eventually cofounding the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild.

With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wilduncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church. Through mystical encounters with wild deer, whispers from a scrubby oak tree, wordless conversation with a cougar, and more, Loorz helps us connect to a love that literally holds the world together--a love that calls us into communion with all creatures.

"Like many who feel unfulfilled by traditional faith expressions, Victoria Loorz went in search of spirituality strong enough to reckon with the unraveling of her vocation, identity, and planet, and found herself in the wilderness. With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wild uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church. Here Loorz helps us connect to a love that literally holds the world together--a love that calls us into communion with all creatures"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

A communion of subjects -- When you realize something is missing -- Into the mountains to pray -- Allured into the wilderness -- Restoring the great conversation -- In the beginning was the logos -- Courtship of the particular -- Love is as strong as death -- Wild ordination.

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