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Lyz Lenz

IN THE BOOK, YOU VISIT A LOT OF MIDWESTERN HOUSES OF WORSHIP—FROM MEGACHURCHES TO TINY, SMALL-TOWN CONGREGATIONS—TO GAUGE THE REGION’S ZEITGEIST. HOW DID YOU GET THE IDEA?

It began as a magazine article for Pacific Standard. In late 2015, I underwent

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