Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Y. Bremer, Bremer,**

Name: Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Y. Bremer, Bremer,**
Brand: University of Nebraska Press

University of Nebraska Press

Sacred WonderlandThe History of Religion in Yellowstone\nAuthor(s): Thomas S. Bremer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9781496209955, 978-1496209955\nSynopsis\nSince its beginning in 1872, Yellowstone National Park has been an alluring destination with significance beyond its stunning mountain scenery, abundant wildlife, and the worlds largest collection of geysers and hot springs. Once deemed Americas wonderland, this national park has long been a repository of meanings for and aspirations of the American people. In Sacred Wonderland Thomas S. Bremer explores the historical role of religion in making Yellowstone National Park an American icon.\n\n The parks religious history spans nineteenth-century evangelical Christian ideas of Manifest Destiny in addition to religiously informed conservationist movements. Bremer touches on white supremacist interpretations of the park in the early twentieth c.