Religious goods store


A religious goods store, also known as a religious bookstore, religious gifts store or religious supplies shop, is a store specializing in supplying materials used in the practice of a particular religious tradition, such as Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity and Islam among other religions.
These shops are abundant across the Greater Chinese region as well as Overseas Chinese communities around the world.
In Iran, religious goods stores are usually visited to buy the Quran, Al Mafatih-Al Jinan, goods like the tasbīḥ, and many other things. One of the services related to this is to add a page to Mafatih al-Jinan book for a deceased loved one.
In Christendom, religious goods stores are often visited to purchase Christian art, books and devotional material for the home, as well as gifts such as Bibles, Ichthys emblems, daily devotionals or cross necklaces for occasions such as baptism, confirmation and marriage.

Items for sale

Buddhism

In Buddhist bookshops, a variety of Buddhist books and chanting CDs are usually available for sales. There is also wide range of other products which includes Buddha statues, Buddhist pendants, incense, candles, chanting beads, instruments, Buddhist monastics' robes, meditation cushions and other Buddhist accessories.

Christianity

In Christendom, "religious goods stores", also known as "Christian bookstores", have family Bibles, Christian art, daily devotional books, breviaries, catechisms, cross necklaces, Christian music albums, holy cards, home altars, prie-dieus, and prayer beads, among other sacramentals such as Ichthys emblems for vehicles.

Chinese folk religion and Taoism