No Prophets by Jared Huffman

No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism by Jared Huffman — a powerful warning from the only openly nonreligious member of Congress.

On January 6, 2021, thousands of Christians following self-declared prophets stormed the U.S. Capitol. What should have been a national wake-up call about the rising power of Christian nationalism was largely ignored. In the years since, the movement has only grown stronger, more organized, and more deeply embedded in American politics.

In No Prophets, Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) pulls back the curtain on what he calls America’s most dangerous political movement. Drawing on his experiences as a formerly devout Christian and the sole humanist in Congress, Huffman maps the hidden landscape of Christian nationalism — its myths, tactics, key players, and the ways it seeks to fuse a particular brand of Christian identity with right-wing political power.

He argues that this ideology rejects the separation of church and state, prioritizes biblical authority over democratic norms, and poses an existential threat to religious freedom and constitutional democracy. Clear-eyed and urgent, the book is both a diagnosis of the current crisis and a call to confront a movement that cloaks its ambitions in faith and the flag.

Written by a sitting member of Congress with a front-row seat to the struggle, No Prophets is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of American democracy.