We noticed this, too. The most vivid example of which, as far as I’m concerned, is Joel Osteen. An in-law gave me one of his “bestsellers” three years ago for Christmas, and I nearly threw up in my eggnog. There was a smorgasbord of self-help, and just a smidgen of Christianity.
I have noticed this about the big-box stores, although one must always be careful, because in the “Catholic” section you are likely to come across one or two books about why Catholics are going to hell. :crying:
Cause they are mass organized. Occasionally, you will get an employee who catologues correctly, but most of the time, they just pull it out of the box and stick it on the shelf the company assigns to work to.
The LOTH is an official publication of the Catholic Church, it has no author.
Might want to spend it on something by Rev. Hans Urs Von Balthasaar or Pope Benedict XVI. I am going to re-read Death on a Friday Afternoon by Fr. Richard John Neuhaus. You can find it on Amazon.com.okee dokee…that’s what I needed to know…thanks!
$18.95 saved for a better use.
the SJB bookstore is the best in town, there is one in Brownsville, one in Harlingen, and some parishes have small stores, but mostly gifts, not books. the Benedictine Monastery also has a small but good line of devotional books.Does that mean that the only Catholic bookstore in your area is the one at the Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan? It’s been quite a while since I’ve driven down there. I doubt, though, that the store would carry anything Protestant, not that I would expect it to do so.
The San Juan bookstore is nice and large. I was able to find a lot of neat things there.
I do feel bad for your in-laws. You are right about the struggle for an independent religious goods business. One very promising religious store (Catholic) bit the dust after almost two years.
Unfortunately, the generic stores (they have to appease thousands of denominations) are kind of like the 7-Elevens of faith. A little bit of a lot of things. Frankly, some view Catholics with suspicion, for the usual reasons. Glad you tested them, though.
The old prejudices just won’t fade away. Recently, I have begun to fear that it will take the Hand of God to bring Christians back into solidarity with one another. That is frightening, to say the least. It conjures up images of trials and tribulations.I learned this, up close and personal today. Not finding Catholic books in a Christian book store was one thing. Discovering a veritable plethora of Catholic books a block away in a “general” book store made the Christian book store look rather silly, but that’s just my opinion.
It depends. not all christian bookstore are catholics, so you need to make sure the bookstore is catholic.
Snitch them off to the Bishop. Well, may be just write a letter asking why they carry such an item.That’s scary. Makes me doubt that the bookstore is Catholic. It may have the name, but that’s about it.
I’m not sure this is an “unequally yoked” issue. If one buys a Catholic book at a Protestant bookstore, how does this “yoke” him to Protestants?
) that when I was checking out the cashier looked at the title, snickered and kinda gave me and my daughter an attitude…
Praise God! Someone to pray for!You know now that I think of this it’s an interesting thread. I recently picked up a copy of Rediscovering Catholicim at a Borders. All the Christian Book Stores around me don’t really carry Catholic stuff.
I swear (figuratively