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Posted: Nov 06 2008 at 4:15pm | IP Logged Quote Jamberry77
I'm seeking a gift idea for my husband's brother, single, who left the Church and attends no church.
The one idea I had was the audio version of The Innocence of Father Brown that was in the Ignatius Press catalog.

I could get him clothing or gift cards, but I saw this and am wondering if that would be too much Catholicism for him (he would probably get offended) or is it mostly mystery with the Catholic themes tucked away so they get in the mind by accident, so to speak?

Any other ideas? I like to buy gifts that have a religious theme when possible but that's tough for relatives who have stopped going to Church. (Also tough for a god-child whose parents no longer go to church!)

Edited to add: He likes science fiction, technology, computers, and modern type art. He works in the medical field.

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Posted: Nov 06 2008 at 6:26pm | IP Logged Quote mom3aut1not
Kelly,

Maybe something Lord of the Rings-themed? LOTR has a Catholic world-view but is not explicitly Catholic. As for Father Brown, my atheist mother loathes Father Brown, and she loves mystery "cozies." Fwiw, I wouldn't get Father Brown mysteries for him.

I personally have been learning a lot about Islam and the jihadist threat. (The more I learn about Islam, the more I dislike it and the more I appreciate Our Lord. I don't think there are two more unlike religious leaders than Our Lord and Mohammed.) Perhaps a book by Robert Spencer?

Ot perhaps a history book or history dvd's?

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Jamberry77 wrote:
I'm seeking a gift idea for my husband's brother, single, who left the Church and attends no church.
The one idea I had was the audio version of The Innocence of Father Brown that was in the Ignatius Press catalog.

I could get him clothing or gift cards, but I saw this and am wondering if that would be too much Catholicism for him (he would probably get offended) or is it mostly mystery with the Catholic themes tucked away so they get in the mind by accident, so to speak?

Any other ideas? I like to buy gifts that have a religious theme when possible but that's tough for relatives who have stopped going to Church. (Also tough for a god-child whose parents no longer go to church!)

Edited to add: He likes science fiction, technology, computers, and modern type art. He works in the medical field.


A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr.

Great Sci-Fi read with explicitly Catholic overtones... but not enough to scare away a non-believer.

I like to stay away from directly religious gifts for non-Catholic friends/family because it comes across to them like I'm preachy or overzealous. But things with undertones... things that make them think... that's the goal!

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Posted: Nov 07 2008 at 1:10pm | IP Logged Quote Jamberry77
Thank you, ladies! I appreciate the great ideas!

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