Would a copy of Hannah Arendt's "The Origins of Totalitarianism" suffice? Does it have to be a book? Can it be a record? I do hold Talk Talk's "Spirit of Eden" in highest reverence and consider listening to it a near religious experience. Would that do?
Because, you know... Apparently if a Muslim man swears on the Quran, it doesn't count as real swearing in. I can't tell if it's the missing Bible that's the issue or the person being a muslim. (See the right wing twitterverse going complete apesh*t over Momdani's swearing in.)