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How to Be A Perfect Stranger (6th Edition)

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Updated and Revised! 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. 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  Bahá’í 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 Christ

Format: Paperback