How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook, 3rd Edition

Publisher: Skylight Paths Pub
January 2002

EAN: 9781893361676
ISBN: 1893361675

Synopsis:

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.

For people of all faiths, all backgrounds.

African American Methodist Churches . Assemblies of God . Baha i . 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

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