>> well, there's the pious ross douthat whose faith was delivered to the saints. historical grounded. a believer in the doing gma of essential christian experience and the political ross douthat who seems throughout this book to be unsure about making peace with a republican party and you are conservative, whose base embraces an absolutist theology. >> ah. i see. you're trying to tug me -- let me -- >> no. there the suspense where you'll come out is worth the price of the book. >> very kind of you to say. i do consider myself a political conservative, and i do identify you know, with religious conservatism broadly speaking and identify with, i think, the causes that animate religious conservatives. i'm pro-life and i think that that cause is immensely important to american christianity, but i also do argue that what's happened on the religious right over the past 30 years is often a sort of captivity of religion to partisanship rather than a religious influencing politics, and i think that's happened, though, on the religious left as well. i think in part the stor

thanking our guests. [ applause ] >>> book tv is live tonight with "new york times" columnist ross douthat. about christianity in america and its influence on today's social and political landscape. he speaks with barbara hadley. and "washington post" op-ed columnist michael gergen. watch it live 7:00 p.m. eastern on book tv.org. >>> today is tax day. the deadline to file your 2011 federal returns. and our facebook question today asks if you think you pay your fair share. read what others have to say, and let us know your opinion. facebook.com/cspan. >>> the former adviser to general stan le mcchrystal, recently criticized u.s. policy in afghanistan saying afghan forces were not ready to take over as the u.s. prepares to withdraw in 2014. he also questioned the credibility of the afghan government. also participating, former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, ronald noiman, from the center for strategic and national studies. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good morning. my name is robert land. i'm the director of the program on crisis, conflict and cooperation. thanks to all of you for com

. >>> and "book tv" is live tonight with "new york times" columnist ross douthat. his new book is "bad religion, how we became a nation of heartics." mr. douthat speaks with barb ray bradley hadley, npr religion correspondent and "washington post" colum nuclear missile michael garrison. watch it live this evening at 7:00 p.m. eastern on booktv.or, and today tax day, the deadline to file your 2011 said and federal returns and our facebook question today asks do you think you pay your fair share? read what others have to say and let us know your opinion. facebook.com/c-span. >>> for this year's student cam competition we asked students to create a video explaining what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today we're going to hoboken, new jersey, to meet with matthew delorenzo, an eighth grader from alisian charter school. hi, matthew. >> hello. >> your video was on capital punishment and the eighth amendment. why did you choose to focus on this issue? >> we were dealt with this project a little bit at the beginning of the year, and we were -- they