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How to Be a Perfect Stranger:
The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
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| Author: Stuart M. Matlins |
Year Published: 2002 |
Is the author a Witness: No |
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| Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing |
Pages: 432 |
ISBN: 1893361675 |
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"How to Be a Perfect Stranger" is the ultimate reference
on how to act and what to expect when attending a religious service
at any of the most common religions in America.
The section on each faith has a short history of the faith, appropriate
dress for service, ritual objects used in the service, parts of
the sanctuary, appropriate conduct during the service, what to expect
after the service, a section on dogma and ideology, celebrated holy
days and festivals, various ceremonies related to the life cycle
(births, marriage, initiation, funerals, mourning) and what to expect
at those ceremonies. If you are seeking understanding of others
of a different faith then this is an important place to start.
Faiths examined include African American Methodist Churches, Assemblies
of God, Baha'i, Baptist, Buddhist, Christian Church, Christian Science,
Churches of Christ, Episcopalian and Anglican, Hindu, Islam, Jehovah's
Witness, Jewish, Lutheran, Mennonite/Amish, Methodist, Mormon (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, and United
Church of Christ.
The section on Jehovah's Witnesses is 100% accurate
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