Overview
Based on the Award-Winning How to Be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other Peoples's Religious Ceremonies Wedding day jitters aren't reserved for brides and grooms! A wedding is a joyous event—but you can feel awkward while everyone else is enjoying the wedding if you’re unfamiliar with the religious tradition and customs involved. You want to be sure that you know how to behave and what to expect. There’s no need to enter an unfamiliar atmosphere unprepared, wondering: What will happen? What should I wear? How long will it last? Is it okay to take pictures? Will there be a reception? Should I bring a gift? When is it okay to leave? The Perfect Stranger’s Guide to Wedding Ceremonies helps to answer these questions and many more, telling you everything you need to know to avoid embarrassment, relax, and have a good time. Covers all the major (and many minor) denominations and religions found in North America: African American Methodist Churches • Assemblies of God • Baha’i • Baptist • Buddhist • Christian and Missionary Alliance • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) • Christian Congregation • Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) • Church of the Brethren • Church of the Nazarene • Churches of Christ • Episcopalian and Anglican • Evangelical Free Church • *Greek Orthodox • Hindu • International Church of the Foursquare Gospel • International Pentecostal Holiness Church • 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 • Wesleyan
Full Product Details
Author: Matlins
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Imprint: SkyLight Paths Publishing,US
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
ISBN: 9781893361195
ISBN 10: 1893361195
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 19 October 2000
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Finally, a wedding reference book detailing specific and concise religious protocol. A masterpiece of information! --Nonnie Cameron, president, Etiquette Plus [A] superb reference ... not only for those who want to avoid awkward situations ... but also for anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the current cultural climate in which we are living today. --InterfaithFamily.com With increasing frequency business and social relationships cross cultural lines; [this book] is an invaluable resource! --Carson Elliot, columnist, The Proper Thing ... Ask Carson Important tools to help people avoid many pitfalls as they wander across the spiritual landscape. --Detroit Free Press Finally, a wedding reference book detailing specific and concise religious protocol. A masterpiece of information! Nonnie Cameron, president, Etiquette Plus [A] superb reference ... not only for those who want to avoid awkward situations ... but also for anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the current cultural climate in which we are living today. InterfaithFamily.com With increasing frequency business and social relationships cross cultural lines; [this book] is an invaluable resource! Carson Elliot, columnist, The Proper Thing Ask Carson Important tools to help people avoid many pitfalls as they wander across the spiritual landscape. Detroit Free Press
Finally, a wedding reference book detailing specific and concise religious protocol. A masterpiece of information! Nonnie Cameron, president, Etiquette Plus [A] superb reference ... not only for those who want to avoid awkward situations ... but also for anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the current cultural climate in which we are living today. InterfaithFamily.com With increasing frequency business and social relationships cross cultural lines; [this book] is an invaluable resource! Carson Elliot, columnist, The Proper Thing Ask Carson Important tools to help people avoid many pitfalls as they wander across the spiritual landscape. Detroit Free Press
"""Finally, a wedding reference book detailing specific and concise religious protocol. A masterpiece of information!"" —Nonnie Cameron, president, Etiquette Plus ""[A] superb reference ... not only for those who want to avoid awkward situations ... but also for anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the current cultural climate in which we are living today."" —InterfaithFamily.com “With increasing frequency business and social relationships cross cultural lines; [this book] is an invaluable resource!” —Carson Elliot, columnist, The Proper Thing … Ask Carson “Important tools to help people avoid many pitfalls as they wander across the spiritual landscape.” —Detroit Free Press"
Finally, a wedding reference book detailing specific and concise religious protocol. A masterpiece of information! --Nonnie Cameron, president, Etiquette Plus [A] superb reference ... not only for those who want to avoid awkward situations ... but also for anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the current cultural climate in which we are living today. --InterfaithFamily.com With increasing frequency business and social relationships cross cultural lines; [this book] is an invaluable resource! --Carson Elliot, columnist, The Proper Thing ... Ask Carson Important tools to help people avoid many pitfalls as they wander across the spiritual landscape. --Detroit Free Press Finally, a wedding reference book detailing specific and concise religious protocol. A masterpiece of information! Nonnie Cameron, president, Etiquette Plus [A] superb reference ... not only for those who want to avoid awkward situations ... but also for anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the current cultural climate in which we are living today. InterfaithFamily.com With increasing frequency business and social relationships cross cultural lines; [this book] is an invaluable resource! Carson Elliot, columnist, The Proper Thing Ask Carson Important tools to help people avoid many pitfalls as they wander across the spiritual landscape. Detroit Free Press
Finally, a wedding reference book detailing specific and concise religious protocol. A masterpiece of information! Nonnie Cameron, president, Etiquette Plus [A] superb reference ... not only for those who want to avoid awkward situations ... but also for anyone interested in gaining deeper insight into the current cultural climate in which we are living today. InterfaithFamily.com With increasing frequency business and social relationships cross cultural lines; [this book] is an invaluable resource! Carson Elliot, columnist, The Proper Thing Ask Carson Important tools to help people avoid many pitfalls as they wander across the spiritual landscape. Detroit Free Press
Author Information
Stuart M. 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: 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 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.
