AMES, Iowa -- More and more parents who are stumped for meaningful holiday gifts for their kids appear to be passing up the regular secular fare for religious board games and toys.
Instead of Monopoly and Candy Land, parents can choose items such as Catholic-opoly or Mormon-opoly for Christians, Kosherland for Jewish kids and a Race to the Kabah for Muslim children.
There's enough demand for the items that the multimillion-dollar industry is doubling yearly, according to Nikki Bado-Fralick, an Iowa State University professor of philosophy and religious studies.
She said games and toys are meant to give children a reminder of their religious roots.
But she warned that some may be a little too serious.
Bado-Fralick and a colleague plan to lead a class called "Religious Games and Toys in the Classroom" in the upcoming semester.
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