The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Wedding Ceremonies: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies
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
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Book details
- Edited by
- Stuart M. Matlins
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 208
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Reference › Etiquette
Religion › Reference - Topics
- religious etiquette · multicultural weddings · wedding customs · interfaith · dress codes · wedding gifts · North American religions
- ISBN-13
- 9781893361195 (Paperback)9781683364153 (Hardcover)
About the author
STUART M. MATLINS is founder, editor-in-chief, and publisher of Jewish Lights Publishing and SkyLight Paths Publishing, with both imprints focusing on religion and spirituality from a broad, non-denominational perspective. His books include How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook, The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook: A Guide to Understanding, Exploring & Living a Spiritual Life, and The Perfect Stranger’s Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People’s Religious Ceremonies.
Matlins received the Abraham Geiger Medal in 2014, recognizing outstanding service to religious pluralism, and the American Jewish Distinguished Service Award from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in 2006. He is listed in Who’s Who in America.
Matlins served as a management consultant for over thirty years as a managing partner with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., and subsequently headed his own consulting firm. He has served for over twenty years on the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.
Stuart lives in Woodstock, Vermont, with his wife, Antoinette Matlins.