"A Product of the 1970s"

"In their heyday, Christian bookstores were ubiquitous in strip malls and suburban Main Streets across the country. Largely an evangelical phenomenon, they sold Bibles, devotionals, music, fiction, and nonfiction, along with merch: figurines, Christmas ornaments, T-shirts with slogans like 'Body piercing saved my life.' (Get it?) Critics called the merchandise at Christian stores 'Jesus junk.'"

Ruth Graham at Slate writes that "Christian bookstores may not be long for this earth."