Victoria Loorz
Victoria Loorz | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | author, ecospiritual director, and co-founder of the Wild Church Network |
| Organization | Center for Wild Spirituality |
| Known for | ecospirituality, Wild Church |
| Notable work | Church of the Wild |
| Children | Alec Loorz, Olivia Loorz |
Victoria Loorz is an author, ecospiritual director, and co-founder of the Wild Church Network.
Career
Victoria Loorz started her work as a minister, who increasingly found herself connecting to the natural world in a way that seemed counter to the congregational expectations.[1] Leaving institutional Christianity, she co-founded the Wild Church Network, an informal, global community of people who celebrate the divine through gathering outdoors in natural settings.[2][3]
After helping her son Alec Loorz in his teen-age crusade against climate change[4][5] and her grassroots efforts develop and support wild churches,[6] Victoria went on to write the Church of the Wild, a text that challenged institutional religion which separated humanity from nature.[7]
Loorz continues to write and develop her work on human connections and kindship with the natural world through the Center for Wild Spirituality and the Seminary of the Wild Earth.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ Moore, Peter (March 11, 2025). "Have a Spiritual Experience on These 4 Awe-Inspiring Hikes". Backpacker. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ Neufeld, Josiah (September 10, 2021). "She felt disconnected from Christ. Nature helped her find meaning again". Broadview Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ "Taking worship into the wild | UMNews.org". United Methodist News Service. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ Nijhuis, Michelle (December 6, 2016). "The Teen-Agers Suing Over Climate Change". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ Ellison, Katherine (May 9, 2012). "An Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ "Wild Church". Plough. December 8, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ Hunter, Nathaniel (September 16, 2022). "What we're reading this month: October 2022". U.S. Catholic. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ "Victoria Loorz | Climate One". www.climateone.org. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
- ^ "A Fireside Chat with Victoria Loorz | The BTS Center". Retrieved January 15, 2026.