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284 Book Reviews / Pneuma 33 (2011) 277-324 Jeffrey P. Greenman and George Kalantzis, eds., Life in the Spirit: Spiritual Formation in Theological Perspective (Downers Grove, II: InterVarsity Academic, 2010). 256 pp. $25.00 paper. This volume comprises a collection of essays by those offering presentations at the 2009 Wheaton Theology Conference. Specifically, the essays examine the biblical, theological, and historical roots of the church’s calling in addressing spiritual formation from an evan- gelical Protestant perspective. Rather than offering a “how-to” road map, the authors navi- gate more deeply into the much neglected landscape of why spiritual formation is worth pursuing