How to be a Perfect Stranger

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