How to Be a Sinner with Peter Bouteneff - Ep.133

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cynthia is so happy to bring to you her conversation with Peter Bouteneff on his book How to Be a Sinner.  Acknowledging that you are a sinner is not all gloom and doom, it can actually be freeing when you realize that our sin shows us the way to get closer to God.  Is it work?  Yes...but we are all in it together.  You are not alone.  Join us today for a conversation that may help put things into perspective.  </span></p> <p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/106225/Peter_Bouteneff.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter Bouteneff teaches courses in theology, spirituality, and the arts at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, where he is professor of systematic theology and founding director of the Institute of Sacred Arts. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Bouteneff’s first degree is from New England Conservatory where he studied jazz and ethnomusicology. After some years living and traveling in Japan, Asia, and Europe he landed at St. Vladimir’s Seminary, where he received his M.Div. degree in 1990. From there he went to Oxford and wrote his doctorate under the supervision of Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. His books include </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sweeter than Honey: Orthodox Thinking on Dogma and Truth,</span></em></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings on the Biblical Creation Narratives, </span></em></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Arvo Pärt: Out of Silence,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to Be a Sinner: Finding Yourself in the Language of Repentance.</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is it time to mak