Hi everyone!
This is just to give everyone a heads up that I've heard the CLAYTON bookstore has run out of Unit Guides for our course but they will be getting more in soon. If you haven't purchased a Unit Guide yet, and were planning to do so from Clayton, just wait a few days and try again.
The CAULFIELD bookstore still has plenty of copies in stock of the Unit Guide (37 when I just rang a moment ago) which should mean - fingers crossed - that all Caulfield students will be able to purchase a copy easily within the first week of classes. If you find the Caulfield bookstore runs out over the next few days just wait a few more as I'm sure they will order more in.
In the meantime, if you are unable to buy a copy of the Unit Guide because the bookstores have run out, and you are worried about getting caught up on the readings, all the material provided in the Unit Guide can be accessed either online or at the library. Please just contact me, or comment here, and I can send you the relevant links or library information.
Happy reading everyone!
No idea if this is where we are meant to be posting or not - but I am going to just go for it anyway.
ReplyDeleteFound both the readings for this week quite interesting. I must admit, the first reading on the Rule of St. Benedict wasn't the easiest thing I have ever read. I much preferred the second reading which was the extract from Medieval Worlds. I feel that this went in to a really good level of detail; it covered everything well but without bombarding the reader with facts and names and dates.
In case I am meant to go into greater detail on the specifics of the readings I will briefly note that I really enjoyed reading the "Pope" section of the "Medieval Worlds" reading. Obviously I knew that Rome was the home of the pope, and had been for a long time, but I had never really questioned why this was the case. So exploring the spiritual and practical reasons as to why Rome was (and still is) the head of the Christian church in Europe was a highlight of mine. Also from the same article I enjoyed reading how religion served to unite whole communities and in many ways run how a given community functioned on a daily basis. Seems almost unimaginable given how we live our lives today.
Like I said, the first reading ("The Rule") didn't do a huge amount for me. I did find the concept of the publication intriguing but much preferred the shorter section on the Benedictine Rule contained within the second reading. I can appreciate the vast level of detail that the first reading went into, but ultimately the content did not tweak my interest as successfully as the other reading did.
Hope I have done this right - let me know if my blogging needs some work.
Whoops, wrong place. Knew I would mess this up somehow. Now I am "that guy" in this class.
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