ESSAY:
Religious Tourism during COVID
COVID-19 and its associated quarantine measures not only changed how people practiced religion; it also changed where they practiced and with whom. In the materials people submitted to our project, it wasn’t uncommon for people to celebrate with communities where they didn’t typically participate. This map shows a snapshot of only a few of these examples: people from multiple locations participating in worship at Central Synagogue in New York, a woman in Vermont listening to the Easter service live stream from the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, a woman in Spokane, WA listening to a calligraphy lesson in the UK. [Explore the points on the map to see/hear other examples. On smaller screens you may need to scroll left or right to see all the points.]