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 dont 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 . Im 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 cspan 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 dont really want to hear me read a book about re
At the top of the page. So now on to the main event. Were very lucky to have a guest with us this morning, lyz lenz, the writer currently contributing to columbia journalism review. Her writing has appeared all over the place, and her essay all the angry women appeared in [inaudible] not that bad. She also has a second book called belabored which is coming out in 2020. 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 countrys facing. Let me just say that its 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 . Im used to doing, like, midwestern events where theres always the one woman in the back with, shes like, please, talk louder. Youre like, im talking as loud as i want to, ethel. [laughter] so when i h
Consider themselves christian yet many religious leaders are decrying a loss of faith, god land a story of faith, loss and renewal in Middle America is an investigation of the division our country is facing area i dont wantto spoil anything else let me say its a timely book. And without further ado, please help me welcome lyz lenz. [applause] hi. Can everybody hear me okay . Im used to doing midwestern events where theres always one woman in the back like to talk louder. Youre like im talking as loud as i want you, ethel. So when i heard cspan was going to be here, they were like you have any questions and i said yes, can you wear jorts on cspan and they said cspan encourages jorts. I wasnt going to wearthem but i felt like after that reply i felt like i had to. I wore a shirt for you, washington dc because iowa, for some reason have to come here to be president. Sucks. So i wanted to just tell you the origins story of the book because this is a book about religion and you dont really
Let me just say that its 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 . Im used to doing, like, midwestern events where theres always the one woman in the back with, shes like, please, talk louder. Youre like, im talking as loud as i want to, ethel. [laughter] so when i heard cspan was going to be here, they were, like, do you have any questions . And i said [inaudible] cspan 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 about religion, and you dont really want to, like, just hear me read from a book about religion. If you wanted to do that, you could go to christmas dinner with your grandma. She misses you. So i want
Focus on outsiders. Amy plantation disaster capitalism. Fear is growing among native hawaiians that wealthy interest will seize land and Water Resources in this time of crisis on maui. As the death cap continues to rise. We will go to hawaii for the latest. Then teach no lies. We go to florida to speak with a historian who is leading the fight against the states new black history curriculum that claims black people benefited from being enslaved. And we will look at a shocking New Washington post expose revealing the smithsonian has a racial brain collection gathered in part by a racist anthropologist. There were children in the collection. There were men and women, fetuses. Many of them were Indigenous People, other people of color. Many of them did not have their identities actually recorded, partly because they were looked at as specimens. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In canada, officials hav