PFC Book Club

No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism

by Jared Huffman

Host: Jason R. Coombs

Three Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Dec 16, Jan 20 & Feb 17

In person at Jason's House in Polish Hill and online via Google Meet (meet.google.com/dai-uvnq-mnz)

Congressman Jared Huffman, the only member of Congress who openly says he doesn't believe in God, watched January 6 unfold from inside the Capitol and came away convinced that Christian nationalism is the most dangerous political movement in America today. In No Prophets, the former devout Christian maps who the movement's leaders are, the myths and tactics they use, and how far their influence reaches inside our government, and he makes the case for a broad coalition of religious and secular Americans to defend church-state separation. The book includes a foreword by Rep. Jamie Raskin.

It's a short book (about 240 pages), so we'll take it in three sessions:

• Wednesday, December 16: Foreword, Introduction (“The Cross and the Coup”), “Not Your Parents’ Culture War,” and “Breaking Faith”
• Wednesday, January 20: “Three Roads to Theocracy” and “Founding Fiction”
• Wednesday, February 17: “Christian Privilege,” “The Shadow Theocracy,” and the Conclusion

Getting the book

• Borrow it from the library: Allegheny County Libraries catalog (print and eAudiobook)
• Buy it: Bookshop.org (supports independent bookstores) or the FFRF shop

Bring your own drinks and snacks. You're welcome to join even if you haven't finished the reading, or come to just one session.

Please register early so we can get a good head count. One registration covers all three sessions.

Please join us!

Participants are encouraged to join PFC if not already a member.
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