How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook - Softcover

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 * 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