Join Mainstream for our first book club! We'll be reading Congressman Jared Huffman's new book, No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism. 

Gather virtually with Mainstream members to learn more about white Christian nationalism, how it shows up in our government (including right here at home!) and ways to fight back.

Mainstream Book Club will meet via Zoom. Please RSVP at the bottom of the page and we'll send out the zoom link the week before Oct 14!

Get No Prophets at your favorite library or bookseller. We're buying ours at Rainy Day Books!

About the book

No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism

From Congressman Jared Huffman, a behind-the-scenes look at the shocking extent of Christian nationalism’s reach in our government—and the fight to defend church-state separation.

Sinclair Lewis is said to have warned: “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” On January 6, 2021, Rep. Jared Huffman saw something chillingly close to that vision. Thousands of Christians following self-declared prophets stormed the Capitol. The insurrection should have been a national wake-up call about Christian nationalism. Instead, most Americans and politicians looked away.

No Prophets argues that Christian nationalism is now America’s most dangerous political movement. Huffman pulls back the curtain on religious extremists behind the insurrection who have only grown more powerful with Trump’s return. Openly vowing to destroy church-state separation and democracy as we know it, they now work inside the highest levels of government to drive domestic and foreign policy, reshape federal agencies, undermine science and education, and tilt elections. The endgame: an authoritarian theocracy that imposes their religious beliefs by force of law.

Drawing on his experiences as a formerly devout Christian and the only Humanist ever to serve in Congress, Huffman maps the movement’s largely hidden landscape—taking readers behind the scenes of the Capitol, exposing the tactics and myths Christian nationalists use to advance their agenda, and showing how America is imperiled by our reluctance to confront threats cloaked in Christianity.

But, he argues, it’s not too late. If we muster a broad interfaith coalition grounded in shared commitment to democracy, we can reclaim the public square for everyone—religious and secular—to share on equal terms.

No Prophets is a clear-eyed, urgent appeal to defend the secular foundations of democracy.