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Product Details

  • Paperback: 132 pages
  • Publisher: Vulgata; 1 edition (April 11, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0991909801
  • ISBN-13: 978-0991909803
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Wealth of Christians
By Jim McCullough on April 20, 2013
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This book is a large challenge in a small package.

Only 120 pages long, divided into 32 brief chapters, it will daunt, surprise, delight, and question your heart. Melinda is an excellent writer, and a thinker with provocative insights on wealth, poverty, justice, and growth in virtue for us regular, but serious, Christian folk. She even has 3 or 4 mini-chapters on Time that are worth mulling over repeatedly. Not a one-size-fits-all approach, but one that sets out the key anchor points we all must consider no matter what our circumstances. Slave of Two Masters is ready made to start discussion in study groups, classrooms, or with your spouse. It would make a great set of meditation readings for Lent or any other time of the year. Just the sort of challenge that should be presented to college students or seniors in high school. Mrs. Selmys draws upon Scripture, the Fathers, Church teaching documents, and classical philosophers, all fitted seamlessly into her highly readable prose.

She does not take "Go, and sell all you have" literally for everyone; but she takes it so seriously you will have lots to ponder and pray through.

Warning: if you like this book you will find yourself drawing up a list of people to send copies to.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSerious Christian Wisdom Concerning Money
By David M. Elliot on May 29, 2013
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Mammon has had an easy time lately. As though the Body of Christ had been split on the rack, much of the Church has pulled apart into conservative and liberal tribes eager to smash the others' idols. Here the Left flails at the Right's militarism; over there the Right shouts down the Left's licentiousness. But amid the blows one idol has gotten a free ride: avarice or greed (traditionally called "Mammon") is not seriously denounced by either Right or Left, both of which live in gross consumer indulgence. For those weary of watching this golden calf nuzzle Christians like a pet tabby, this book is a long-awaited wish-fulfillment.

In 16 short chapters and a slim 132 pages, Selmys takes a scalpel to our habits of consumption, idolatry of name brands, and culpable apathy over sweatshop labor. Much more than a jeremiad, Slave of Two Masters also gives solid advice for how the ex-slave of Mammon should live as a freeman in Christ. These range from buying fair trade even if you have fewer possessions, making rather than buying gifts, mending the old instead of buying new, and embracing a lifestyle of simplicity geared to generosity to the poor. Along the way there are fascinating meditations on things like time and labor, children as natural mendicants, the mental freedom within physical work to pursue cultural and spiritual goods, and a summons to renew the Sabbath rest within our lives. As with all Selmys' work, Slave is written in highly readable and translucent prose. The book is perfect for the vast majority of us who know we shouldn't be in bed with Mammon but need a game plan for ending the affair. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA whole new integrated approach to money and poverty
By Rachel in Texas on June 30, 2013
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Melinda Selmys helped give me a whole new framework for thinking about poverty and material possessions through this book. She weaves her personal experience together with a rich knowledge of the Catechism, papal documents, saints and important historical and economic figures to really study how we relate to material wealth, and what kind of transformation is needed in our society, especially for those who are committed to living out the Catholic faith in their daily lives. This is a great read for any Christian getting started on their financial journey, or someone well along the way - it helps challenge us to a deeper level of living freely, so that we do not become a "slave of two masters." For more, see my review of Selmys' book at [...]
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5.0 out of 5 starsShort, clear, incisive
By Joshua Paine on August 14, 2015
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Changed the way I think about money, time, and what Jesus asks me to do with them. But hopefully I'll come back and update this review in a couple months, since insight is of limited value without change.
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