Religion comes in many forms. Though we are most familiar with institutional expressions of religion — churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and so on associated with specific religious traditions — there is much more variety and fluidity in how and, importantly, where people practice what they understand as “religion” or “spirituality.” The building blocks here describe different locales for religious and spiritual practice across local landscapes. Of course, while these blocks might suggest that these forms and locales for religious practice are separate, they certainly influence one another.

Click on one of the blocks below to learn more about different locales for religious practice.