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Are religious communities reviving the revival? In the US, outdoor worship has a long tradition

  • Written by Jeffrey Wheatley, Instructor, of Philosophy & Religious Studies, Iowa State University
imageA pastor leads a prayer at an outdoor Easter service.AP Photo/Chris O'Meara

Religious communities have been forced to find alternative ways to worship together during the coronavirus pandemic. For some that has meant going online, but others have turned to a distinctly non-digital practice steeped in this history of the American religious...

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