Thomas S. Bremer

Thomas S. Bremer writes about American religious history, with a special interest in the intersections of religion and tourism, religion and nature, and U.S. national parks. He is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, a selective liberal arts school in Memphis, Tennessee, where he taught courses in religious history for twenty-two years. He has written three books, Blessed with Tourists: The Borderlands of Religion and Tourism in San Antonio (University of North Carolina Press, 2004) and Formed from this Soil: An Introduction to the Diverse History of Religion in America (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014), his newest book, Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone (University of Nebraska Press, 2025). He also writes the Sacred Wonderland Newsletter each month. Additionally, Dr. Bremer has conducted historical research for the National Park Service as a consultant at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois.