in god land, lyz lenz asks the question what is happening to faith in america. at a time when more than 70% of americans consider themselves christians, yet many religious leaders are decrying a loss of faith, the relationships and division our country's facing. let me just say that it's a very timely book. and without further ato do, please help -- ado, please help me welcome lyz lenz. [applause] >> hi. can everybody hear me okay? i'm used to doing, like, midwestern events where there's always the one woman in the back with, she's like, please, talk louder. you're like, i'm talking as loud as i want to, ethel. [laughter] so when i heard c-spa was going to be here, they were, like, do you have any questions? and i said -- [inaudible] c-span encourages shorts, but i felt after that reply that i had to. the i want to also just acknowledge the shirt i wore specifically for you, washington d.c. it says, iowa: for some reason you have to come here to be president. [laughter] sucks. so is i wanted to just tell you the origin story of the book, because this is a book a

we're very lucky to have a guest with us this morning, lyz lenz, >> we are very lucky to have our guest with us this evening her writing has appeared from the new york times, washington post and huffington post in the first book she also has a second book coming out in 2020. to ask the question what is happening to faith in america? and 70 percent consider themselves christian of some sort and is the multi- genre investigation of the division our country is facing. i don't want to spoil anything else but it is a very timelyy book. without further ado please lehelp me to welcome our author. [applause] >>. >> hi. can everybody hearo me okay? i'm used too doing midwestern events and a lady says please talk louder. i am talking about is i want to athol. say do you have any questions say yes that i felt that after that reply had to was c-span also acknowledged the shirt i specifically wore for washington dc because for some reason you have to come here to be president. l[laughter] i want to tell you the origin story of the book because this is a book about religion and you don't really want

we're very lucky to have a guest with us this morning, lyz lenz, >> we are ve l