Saving Democracy from Christian Nationalism
About this Event
Saving Democracy from Christian Nationalism: A Conversation with Congressman Jared Huffman, and AU Humanist Community Leader Miranda Hovemyer, Moderated by Rev. Eric Doolittle, University Chaplain and Director of KSLC
Join Congressman Jared Huffman, founder of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, for a timely conversation on his new book, , featuring AU Humanist Community Leader Miranda Hovemeyer and moderated by Rev. Eric Doolittle, University Chaplain and Director of Kay Spiritual Life Center.
Copies of the book will be sold at the event, and Congressman Huffman will be available to sign them. This program is open to all and welcomes participation regardless of race, color, national origin (or shared ancestry), religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
Thursday, September 24th, 7–9 PM, School of International Service Founders Room. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact [email protected] at least one week before the event.
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.
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