For For readers who want a plain introduction to Christian holiness in ordinary life; less personal than his best-known books.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
A short book on the call to holiness for every Christian, written for a general readership.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential3 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Published by Herder and Herder in New York in 1963 (162 pages), Life and Holiness is a short book on the Christian call to holiness, written for lay readers rather than monks. It presents sanctity as growth in Christ through faith, charity and the ordinary duties of life, in the period just before the Second Vatican Council's teaching on the universal call to holiness.
