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The spiritual experience of nature in the national parks

November 5, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

The tourist experience of Yellowstone National Park

The National Park Service’s management of nature offers America’s wild places as contrived experiences to meet the spiritual expectations of the consumer public.

Filed Under: Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: National Park Service, National Parks, nature, religious tourism, spirituality, tourism

The Narrow Road to Bashō: a short review of travel sketches

August 1, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

“Xiao, He chases Han Xin” by Yosa Buson

A short review of The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by renowned seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō.

Filed Under: Poetry, Reviews Tagged With: haiku, Matsuo Bashō, meditation, religious tourism, Travel

Religion in the National Parks

April 21, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Roadside Religion

Religion has been an implied value in America’s national park idea from the time of the earliest nineteenth-century parks to the present. But the religious element usually remains buried in visitors’ private aesthetic responses to park experiences and attractions. Rarely do specific theological views appear in the parks, even in unofficial activities or park uses. […]

Filed Under: Random, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: ACMNP, evangelism, freedom of religion, National Park Service, National Parks, religion, religious tourism, Yellowstone

Bucket List: National Park Places of Religion

January 11, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Medicine Wheel National Historic Monument

Aside from the opinion of many people that all national parks are sacred, many sites in the national park system have specifically religious histories, and a number of these continue to serve explicitly religious purposes. Consider, for instance: The Ebenezer Baptist Church at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia. This […]

Filed Under: Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: Atlanta, Black Hills, Devils Tower, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Gloria Dei Church, Grand Teton, Martin Luther King Jr, Medicine Wheel, memorials, missions, National Parks, Native Americans, Pennsylvania, religion, religious tourism, sacred places, sacred space, San Antonio, Tetons, tourism, Wyoming, Yellowstone

San Antonio Missions Added to the World Heritage List

July 5, 2015 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Salazar at Mission Concepción in San Antonio

Today’s announcement from the World Heritage Committee approving the addition of five cultural sites on their World Heritage List, including the San Antonio Missions in Texas, has me wondering about the process of gaining World Heritage status. Certainly, the Spanish colonial missions in San Antonio are as deserving as any site of cultural significance, but […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: America, Latino, missions, National Park Service, Native American, Newark Earthworks, Ohio, religious tourism, sacred places, sacred space, San Antonio, Texas, World Heritage

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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