How to Be A Perfect Stranger (6th Edition): The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
393How to Be A Perfect Stranger (6th Edition): The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
393Hardcover(6th Edition, New, Updated and Expanded)
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Overview
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
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781683361190 |
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Publisher: | Turner Publishing Company |
Publication date: | 03/05/2015 |
Edition description: | 6th Edition, New, Updated and Expanded |
Pages: | 393 |
Sales rank: | 709,661 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Stuart was the 2014 recipient of the Abraham Geiger Medal, an award recognizing outstanding service to religious pluralism, and the 2006 recipient of the American Jewish Distinguished Service Award, an annual presentation of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. He was a member of the First Catholic/Jewish Lay Conference at the Vatican in October 2007, an event under the auspices of the Interreligious Information Center.
Among his many speaking appearances, Stuart has been the scholar-in-residence or guest lecturer at the National Funeral Director’s Association convention, Temple Isaiah (Palm Springs, CA), The Jewish Center of the Hamptons (East Hampton, NY), Temple Sholom (Plainfield, NJ), Israel Congregation (Manchester, NH) and at the annual gatherings of the Jewish Community Centers Association and the Jewish Outreach Institute. He also has been a featured speaker or panel member at many Book Expo America conventions, and at the biennial Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College, as well as at churches and other conferences.
Before publishing took over his life, he was a management consultant for over thirty years as a managing partner with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. and then heading his own consulting firm.
He is the cofounder of an innovative synagogue in Woodstock, Vermont, with his wife, Antoinette Matlins, and served as lay spiritual leader for nineteen of its twenty-one years. He has served for over twenty years on the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, and was chair of the Board of Overseers of its New York School. He is widely recognized as a leader in the spiritual transformation of Judaism in our time.
Stuart is listed in Who’s Who in America.
Arthur J. Magida is a freelance editor and author.
Table of Contents
ContentsForeword by Rev. Dr. Joan Brown CampbellPreface by Sanford Cloud, Jr., Former President, The National Conference for Community and Justice AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe "Everything You Need to Know Before You Go" Checklist
1 · African American Methodist Churches2 · Assemblies of God3 · Bahá'í Faith4 · Baptist5 · Buddhist6 · Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)7 · Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist)8 · Churches of Christ9 · Episcopalian/Anglican10 · Hindu11 · Islam12 · Jehovah's Witnesses13 · Jewish14 · Lutheran15 · Mennonite/Amish16 · Methodist17 · Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)18 · Native American/First Nations19 · Orthodox Churches20 · Pentecostal Church of God21 · Presbyterian22 · Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)23 · Reformed Church in America/Canada24 · Roman Catholic25 · Seventh-day Adventist26 · Sikh27 · Unitarian Universalist28 · United Church of Canada29 · United Church of Christ
Glossary of Common Religious Terms and NamesThe Meanings of Popular Religious Symbols Calendar of Religious Holidays and Festivals Summary of Proper Forms for Addressing Leaders of Various Faiths