Christian Bookstore Won't Stock Latest Left Behind Book
Vancouver, Apr. 7--(RNS) One of the largest Christian bookstores in Canada has refused to stock the latest book in the most popular Christian fiction series of all time, saying it promotes a dangerous worldview that exacerbates global tensions.
Regent College Bookstore, which is affiliated with a world-renowned evangelical graduate school in Vancouver, won't be selling the 12th installment in the phenomenally popular "Left Behind" series, which was released Tuesday across North America to huge fanfare.
The authors of the series, which portrays Americans playing a central role in ushering in a cataclysm that destroys non-Christians, have surpassed mystery writer John Grisham as the best-selling writers of adult fiction in North America.
Although many Christian and mainstream bookstores in Canada have begun to sell the series' final book, "Glorious Appearing," a manager at Regent...