Life in the Spirit: Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective
Jeffrey P. Greenman (PhD, University of Virginia) is academic dean and associate professor of theology and ethics at Regent College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is coauthor ofUnwearied Praises: Exploring Christian Faith Through Classic HymnsandUnderstanding Jacques Ellul.He is coeditor of numerous books includingThe Sermon on the Mount Through the Centuries, Reading Romans Through the Centuries: From the Early Church to Karl BarthandThe Decalogue Through the Centuries: From the Hebrew Scriptures to Benedict XIV.Greenman is a member of the Society of Christian Ethics and the American Academy of Religion.George Kalantzis (Ph.D., Northwestern University) is associate professor of theology and director of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. His research and writing interests focus on the dynamic relationship between the written documents and their interpretation in early Christianity, paying particular attention to the development of christological and trinitarian thought, as well as the interplay of classical Greco-Roman and early Christian philosophical understandings of anthropology and biblical hermeneutics.  He is the author ofCaesar and the Lamb: Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service, Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on the Gospel of John, coeditor with Andrew Tooley ofEvangelicals and the Early Church: Recovery, Reform, Renewal, with Jeffrey P. Greenman ofLife in the Spirit: Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspectiveand with D. Stephen Long ofThe Sovereignty of God Debate, as well a numerous articles and essays on Patristic thought. He is currently completing a project on wealth and poverty titledCrumbs From the Table: The Eucharist in the Life of the Church.Before coming to Wheaton College, Kalantzis taught seminary and doctoral students as they were preparing to engage the world and the church. He and his wife share this goal and vision with their Chicago area congregation where they serve in missions, the worship arts programs, and in adult and children's education.