FALL ADULT CLASS 2024

This year we will be reading and discussing How To Be A Sinner, by Peter Bouteneff

Six Monday Evenings, at 7:30pm, beginning November 4

In-Person and Online

Links to order: SVS Press  |  Amazon

From St Vladimir's Seminary Press:

We call ourselves “sinners” in much of our church life. Yet the sinner identity—when done right—brings peace of mind, a clear conscience, and love for others. Addressing topics like guilt, shame, and self-care, this compassionate guide will help you reflect on your life in surrender to God’s mercy. Written by an internationally recognized professor of Orthodox theology, this book will speak to you wherever you find yourself.

About the Author: 

Peter C. Bouteneff (DPhil, University of Oxford) is associate professor of theology at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, New York.

Reviews:

By FR STEPHEN FREEMAN, author of Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe:

Straightforward and extremely helpful:  Sin is not guilt nor a mental condition. It is a deep wound in our very being. Peter Bouteneff offers some very straightforward and extremely helpful explanations that will take the reader into a place of self-awareness and honesty—making possible the beginning of repentance.

By SR VASSA LARIN, host of “Coffee with Sister Vassa”:

Accessible and Sincere:  Written accessibly and sincerely, Peter Bouteneff’s little book offers the (post-) modern-day reader many helpful insights on—and practical nudges towards—embracing the Church’s oft-misunderstood language of “sin” and “repentance.”