How to be a perfect stranger : the essential religious etiquette handbook
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How to be a perfect stranger : the essential religious etiquette handbook
("Perfect stranger" series)
SkyLight Paths Pub., c2011
5th ed
- : quality pbk
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Description
We 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 colleague whose faith is different from our own.
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 . 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
Table of Contents
Foreword by Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
Preface by Sanford Cloud, Jr., President, The National Conference for Community and Justice
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The "Everything You Need to Know Before You Go" Checklist
1 * African American Methodist Churches
2 * Assemblies of God
3 * Baha'i Faith
4 * Baptist
5 * Buddhist
6 * Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
7 * Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist)
8 * Churches of Christ
9 * Episcopalian and Anglican
10 * Hindu
11 * Islam
12 * Jehovah's Witnesses
13 * Jewish
14 * Lutheran
15 * Mennonite/Amish
16 * Methodist
17 * Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
18 * Native American/First Nations
19 * Orthodox Churches
20 * Pentecostal Church of God
21 * Presbyterian
22 * Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)
23 * Reformed Church in America/Canada
24 * Roman Catholic
25 * Seventh-day Adventist
26 * Sikh
27 * Unitarian Universalist
28 * United Church of Canada
29 * United Church of Christ
Glossary of Common Religious Terms and Names
The Meanings of Popular Religious Symbols
Calendar of Religious Holidays and Festivals
Summary of Proper Forms for Addressing Leaders of Various Faiths
by "Nielsen BookData"