How to be a perfect stranger : the essential religious etiquette handbook / edited by Stuart M. Matlins & Arthur J. Magida.

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Series: "Perfect stranger" seriesPublisher: Woodstock, Vermont : SkyLight Paths, 2015Edition: 6th edDescription: xix, 383 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

159473593X (quality pbk.)
9781594735936 (quality pbk.)

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DDC classification:

203/.8 23

LOC classification:

BJ2010 .H68 2015

Contents:

African American Methodist churches -- Assemblies of God -- Baha'i faith -- Baptist -- Buddhist -- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) -- Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) -- Churches of Christ -- Episcopalian/Angelican -- Hindu -- Islam -- Jehova's Witnesses -- Jewish -- Lutheran -- Mennonite/Amish -- Methodist -- Mormon (Church of Jesust Christ of Latter-day Saints) -- Native American/First Nations -- Orthadox Churches -- Pentacostal 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.

Summary: 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. 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 anyones religious principleswhile enriching their own spiritual understanding. For people of all faiths, all backgrounds.

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"Includes glossary of popular religious symbols."

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. 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 anyones religious principleswhile enriching their own spiritual understanding. For people of all faiths, all backgrounds.