How to Be a Perfect Stranger (1st Ed., Vol 1): The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
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How to Be a Perfect Stranger (1st Ed., Vol 1): The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
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Overview
These easy-to-use guidebooks help the well-meaning guest of any other faith feel at ease, participate to the fullest extent possible, and avoid violating anyone's religious principles or hurting their feelings. Not a guide to theology. Not presented from the perspective of any particular faith.
What will happen? What do I do? What do I wear? What do I say? When is it OK to leave? What should I avoid doing, wearing, or saying? What are their basic beliefs? Should I bring a gift? These are just a few of the basic, very practical questions answered in How to Be a Perfect Stranger, two books that belong in every living room, library, and office. Originally published in hardcover by Jewish Lights Publishing, these updated and expanded trade paperback editions now include information for the Canadian branches of each faith, plus an added chapter on the largest Protestant denomination in Canada, The United Church of Canada.
VOL.1: How to Be a Perfect Stranger is based on information obtained from authorities of each religion. Assemblies of God; Baptist; Buddhist; The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Churches of Christ; Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist); Episcopalian and Anglican; Greek Orthodox; Hindu; Islam; Jehovah's Witnesses; Jewish; Lutheran; Methodist; Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints); Presbyterian; Quaker (Religious Society of Friends); Roman Catholic; Seventh-day Adventist; United Church of Canada; United Church of Christ.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594733963 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Turner Publishing Company |
| Publication date: | 10/17/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 432 |
| File size: | 772 KB |
About the Author
Stuart Matlins is founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of Jewish Lights Publishing and SkyLight Paths Publishing. Both imprints focus on religion and spirituality from a broad non-denominational perspective. He is author or editor of several books, including the best-selling How to Be a Perfect Stranger, 5th Edition: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook (SkyLight Paths); The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook: A Guide to Understanding, Exploring&Living a Spiritual Life (Jewish Lights); The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Wedding Ceremonies: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies; and The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People’s Religious Ceremonies (both SkyLight Paths).
Stuart was 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 co-founder 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 almost 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 listed in Who’s Who in America.
Arthur J. Magida is a freelance editor and author.
Table of Contents
Foreword Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell vii
Preface: Former President, The National Conference for community and Justice Sanford Cloud ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xv
The "Everything You Need to Know Before You Go" Checklist xix
1 African American Methodist Churches 1
2 Assemblies of God 14
3 Bahá'í Faith 25
4 Baptist 36
5 Buddhist 46
6 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 58
7 Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) 70
8 Churches of Christ 77
9 Episcopalian and Anglican 87
10 Hindu 100
11 Islam 110
12 Jehovah's Witnesses 124
13 Jewish 132
14 Lutheran 159
15 Mennonite/Amish 174
16 Methodist 191
17 Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 203
18 Native American/First Nations 215
19 Orthodox Churches 227
20 Pentecostal Church of God 245
21 Presbyterian 258
22 Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) 271
23 Reformed Church in America/Canada 283
24 Roman Catholic 297
25 Seventh-day Adventist 309
26 Sikh 318
27 Unitarian Universalist 338
28 United Church of Canada 352
29 United Church of Christ 368
Glossary of Common Religious Terms and Names 382
The Meanings of Popular Religious Symbols 392
Calendar of Religious Holidays and Festivals 395
Summary of Proper Forms for Addressing Leaders of Various Faiths 401