St Paul’s Cathedral – Spirituality Competing with Tourism

The sacred and the commercial exist in the same space, neither quite managing to exclude the other

Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat

St Paul’s Cathedral – Spirituality Competing with Tourism

St Paul’s is beautiful. It’s also a tourist attraction charging admission. See Fiona MacLeod’s writing on how sacred space becomes commodified.

Spirituality and commerce can exist together, but uncomfortably, like dining while observing someone else’s suffering.

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