A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life Author:William Law Originally published in 1729 at the beginning of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, a time when rationalist criticism of religious belief was perhaps at its peak, William Law's A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life succeeded in inspiring the most cynical men of the age with its arguments in favor of a spiritual life. Law's book examines w... more »hat it means to lead a Christian life and criticizes the perversion of Christian tenents by the Establishment—whether secular or spiritual—whose real aim is temporal power. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life is a book that can still speak to our time.« less