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How the sound of religion has changed in the pandemic

  • Written by Amy Derogatis, Professor of Religion and American Culture, Michigan State University
How the sound of religion has changed in the pandemicThe Rev. Philip Dinwiddie sings to a pre-recording of mass at St. James Episcopal Church in Grosse Ile, Michigan.Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

Things sound different in a lockdown. The silence of usually bustling streets, the two-tone whirr of ambulance sirens and the sudden awareness of birdsong, all formed an aural backdrop to the coronavirus...

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