Virtual religion during a global pandemic

Abstract

This thesis is about changed plans and how we work to make the most of inconvenient situations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone has been forced to look at their everyday lives and evaluate which activities must be removed, which can be slightly changed, and which can go as planned. In religious communities around the United States, congregations of all faiths have had to trade a portion of piety for the sake of their members’ safety. In this paper, I observe multiple communities who have had services online and I see how this has altered practices.