How to Be a Perfect Stranger (6th Edition): The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook - Stuart M. Matlins

n nUpdated and Revised Includes Glossary of Popular Religious Symbolsn nWe 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 ...n nWhat will happen? nWhat do I do? What do I wear?

What do I say? nWhat should I avoid doing, wearing, saying? nIs it okay to use a video camera? nHow long will it last? What are their basic beliefs? nWill there be a reception? Will there be food? nShould I bring a gift?

When is it okay to leave?n nThese 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.n nAfrican American Methodist Churches

• •Assemblies of God
• •Bah ' Faith
• •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 Christn nn