"Christian" Book stores

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I’d say ask, nicely. They just may not be a big seller. If they are willing to order one for you, it is much better to support a local store than a chain or an internet seller. If they won’t, no harm done. But it is wrong to assume people have bad motives.
 
Bluegoat said:
I’d say ask, nicely. They just may not be a big seller. If they are willing to order one for you, it is much better to support a local store than a chain or an internet seller. If they won’t, no harm done. But it is wrong to assume people have bad motives.
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Trust me, I hold no ills against Protestant book stores. Very nice people. I just seek out stores of my faith. I would have ask if i had no choice. 🙂

Pax†
 
on_fire said:
I live in the Bible belt and have had on occasion gone into “Christian” book stores and cannot find any Catholic Bibles in them.The other day they had a poster up saying Over 400 years of Bible study commentary available.Should I ask the employees or the manager if this is a Christian bookstore why dont you carry any Catholic Bibles…or just let it go and walk out?
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This is just another case of evangelicals highjacking the word “Christian” to apply to themselves only.

I think this is a lot like people asking “Are you a Catholic or a Christian”. They think of themselves and others who have “got saved” as the only Christians.
 
Senecus said:
If the original poster resides in the U.S., there may be a “Parables” bookstore in the area. These stores have a two or three Catholic sections. So one can find not only Bibles such as the Catholic edition of the NRSV (my favorite), but also RCC acceptable Bible Studies materials, dvd’s, etc.
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we have a very large Parables book store in town. I stopped in to ask for some Catholic books and the clerk made a face and said they only carried Christian books. I was so ticked I just left.
 
CatholicFireman said:
Trust me, I hold no ills against Protestant book stores. Very nice people. I just seek out stores of my faith. I would have ask if i had no choice. 🙂

Pax†
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I was thinking more of the OP - if you have a Catholic store locally, they are most likely to have what you want.
 
Sometimes the best place for the books we seek are some dusty, cluttered used book stores on the worst part of town. 😉
 
JustaServant said:
Sometimes the best place for the books we seek are some dusty, cluttered used book stores on the worst part of town. 😉
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Just got a beautiful bible that way ($6.00) on Saturday. Well, it was a good part of town…:o
 
Bluegoat said:
I’d say ask, nicely. They just may not be a big seller. If they are willing to order one for you, it is much better to support a local store than a chain or an internet seller. If they won’t, no harm done. But it is wrong to assume people have bad motives.
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Or they actually can have motives to discriminate against Catholics. A couple that we are very good friends with wanted to purchase the local franchise of one of the big Christian bookstores that the owner had recently put up for sale and the owner refused to sell to our friends because they are Catholic. It was quite an eye opener to say the least.
 
Dysmas1 said:
I am, and always have been, uncomfortable with folks, especially Catholics, saying ‘Christian bookstore’ or
’ Christian church’ things like that when they are referring to Protestant institutions. It implies that Catholics are not Christian. Better, I think, to refer to such places as, for example, a ‘Protestant Bookstore’. Or ‘Baptist church’ in that way one does not inadvertently imply Catholics are not Christians and would identify these places correctly.
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I agree. But for the sake of the advice needed in this thread, a distinction needs to be made between a “Christian” bookstore and a Catholic bookstore. Especially where the OP lives. We lived in that very diocese for a total of four years, and there is a very clear line drawn by other denominations that we as Catholics are not considered “Christian.”
 
PatriceA said:
I agree. But for the sake of the advice needed in this thread, a distinction needs to be made between a “Christian” bookstore and a Catholic bookstore. Especially where the OP lives. We lived in that very diocese for a total of four years, and there is a very clear line drawn by other denominations that we as Catholics are not considered “Christian.”
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They actually call them “Catholic Stores” and “Christian Stores” here and it’s accepted. Nothing personal. It actually helps folks to differenciate (sp).

Pax†
 
There are several in my area. One downtown has a Catholic section and an Orthodox section, but they are small. Caters mostly to Protestants, but I take a trip in there whenever I am downtown because of its broad selection. Its the oldest and best religious bookstore in Richmond still in operation. Just the location is forever and day away.

Then there is one in the Mall that used to have a Catholic section, but got rid of it. They said they got too many “complaints” about it.

We also have one that is Catholic owned and operated that caters to Catholics.

Lifeway is affliatied with the SBC, so there is no way they would touch anything Catholic with a 10 foot poll.
 
In my area there is a Christian book store that does have a small section for Catholic items; however I have not found any Bibles there.
 
It might be cheaper to purchase from Amazon than from a local shop. Plus, on Amazon you have the benefit of reading the reviews of the books prior to purchase.

Also, you might check your local Goodwill / Salvation Army first for their selections of Bibles. I’ve found several NABs, one Douey and a color coded Catholic Bible ($1.50 each).

In my city, we have a Christian Bookstore, and as others have stated, the selections of Catholic authors and Catholic Bibles are extremely small - under 25 separate titles. And, the titles available are not normally current (for instance popular releases seen on EWTN Bookmark).

To their credit, at our local Christian store, Catholics aren’t listed as a cult in their literature (I checked).
 
Dunno what’s worse :confused:- a “Christian” bookstore that sells materials saying Catholicism is a cult, which we have here. I like some of their other merchandise but don’t really want to buy anything from them since they insult Catholicism.

On the other hand, I worked several years in a Catholic bookstore that had its drawbacks - like ordering books indiscriminately on publishers’ reps’ recommendations that were by nominally Catholic authors who clearly dissented from Church teaching. (I was sneaky - I made sure the more orthodox ones got prime shelf real estate and stuck the others unobtrusively on the shelf.;))

We also have two other Catholic stores in my town that are privately owned and had the good books without the bad ones.

But if you don’t have local stores like these, I think Google is your friend. Google “Catholic Bible” - and if you know which translation you want, put that in, too - NAB, Douay-Rheims, RSV, whatever. Then buy from a trusted Catholic site.
 
PatriceA said:
I agree. But for the sake of the advice needed in this thread, a distinction needs to be made between a “Christian” bookstore and a Catholic bookstore. Especially where the OP lives. We lived in that very diocese for a total of four years, and there is a very clear line drawn by other denominations that we as Catholics are not considered “Christian.”
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I understand. When I was in the Army I was exposed to a very high degree of this ‘distinction’. Didn’t like it. Don’t like it. The advice for this thread has been given. Now it’s just beating a dead horse. Come to think of it, why have I even been coming back to this thread for so long…indeed. Lol.

God bless, I think I’ll move on. 😛
 
on_fire said:
I live in the Bible belt and have had on occasion gone into “Christian” book stores and cannot find any Catholic Bibles in them.The other day they had a poster up saying Over 400 years of Bible study commentary available.Should I ask the employees or the manager if this is a Christian bookstore why dont you carry any Catholic Bibles…or just let it go and walk out?
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Why bother to ask? If you confirmed they do not carry any Catholic Bibles,it pretty much means they do not want anything Catholic. Walk out and never give them your business.
 
JohnnyReb said:
…Lifeway is affliatied with the SBC, so there is no way they would touch anything Catholic with a 10 foot poll.
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why risk getting Catholic cooties. he he - 'A couple of ideas; Tan Books.com, Adoremus books.com. Look on the inside book cover for the Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat, a Bishop’s word that there’s nothing contained in the book that’s contrary to the Faith.
 
Barbkw said:
It might be cheaper to purchase from Amazon than from a local shop. Plus, on Amazon you have the benefit of reading the reviews of the books prior to purchase.
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There are lots of good reasons to shop locally when possible though. It is possible to read the Amazon reviews without purchasing from them.
 
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