How to Be a Perfect Stranger ()

ebook The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook

By Stuart M. Matlins

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The indispensable guidebook to help the well-meaning guest when visiting other people's religious ceremonies—updated and revised. New edition!

We North Americans live in a remarkably diverse society, and it's increasingly common to be invited to a wedding, funeral or other religious service of a friend, relative or coworker whose faith is different from our own. These can be awkward situations....

  • What will happen?
  • What do I do? What do I wear? What do I say?
  • What should I avoid doing, wearing, saying?
  • Is it okay to use a video camera?
  • How long will it last?
  • What are their basic beliefs?
  • Will there be a reception? Will there be food?
  • Should I bring a gift? When is it okay to leave?
  • These are just a few of the basic questions answered in How to Be a Perfect Stranger. This easy-to-read guidebook, with an "Everything You Need to Know Before You Go" checklist, helps the well-meaning guest to feel comfortable, participate to the fullest extent possible and avoid violating anyone's religious principles—while enriching their own spiritual understanding. Featured faith traditions include:

    African American Methodist Churches

  • Assemblies of God
  • Bahá'í
  • Baptist
  • Buddhist
  • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
  • Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist)
  • Churches of Christ
  • Episcopalian and Anglican
  • Hindu
  • Islam
  • Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Jewish
  • Lutheran
  • Mennonite/Amish
  • Methodist
  • Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
  • Native American/First Nations
  • Orthodox Churches
  • Pentecostal Church of God
  • Presbyterian
  • Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)
  • Reformed Church in America/Canada
  • Roman Catholic
  • Seventh-day Adventist
  • Sikh
  • Unitarian Universalist
  • United Church of Canada
  • United Church of Christ

  • How to Be a Perfect Stranger ()