What We Carry Into the Future: Culture, Religion, and Rituals in the Digital Age

From sacred pilgrimages reimagined in video games to Shakespeare performed inside a crime-ridden virtual city, our most enduring cultural and spiritual rituals are being reshaped by the digital spaces we now inhabit. These are not only clever adaptations but reflections of how people continue to seek meaning, connection, and beauty — even inside our 21st century lives of code, algorithms, and platforms.