Year
10 and 11
Religion
and Life from a Christian Perspective Introduction:- This is a short course GCSE taught in one hour a week, over two years. Belief
in God from upbringing
Belief
in God from religious experience:-
Numinous
Conversion
Miracles
Answered prayers
Mysticism Belief
in God deduced from the purpose evident in the world
Why
some people do not believe in God or are unsure about belief in God:-
The problem of evil and suffering
Responses to this problem. Handy
links for Believing in God http://www.newfrontier.com/asheville/hindu-milk-miracle.html http://www.mcn.org/1/Miracles/
Section 2 – Matters of Life and Death Life
after death:-
Resurrection
Immortality
Soul
Heaven and hell The
Sanctity of Life The
social context of:-
Contraception
Abortion
Euthanasia Varying
Christian attitudes on:-
Contraception
Abortion
Euthanasia Handy
links for Matters of Life and Death You
can also look up the “Voluntary Euthanasia Society” Go
to the “factsheets” section and look up the debate and religion factsheets
Section 3 – Marriage and the Family Changing
attitudes to:-
Cohabitation
Marriage Divorce
Family Christian
teachings on:-
Sex before marriage
Marriage
Divorce
Family Differences
among Christians in their views on:-
Marriage
Divorce
Homosexuality Handy
links for Marriage and the Family http://www.drw.org.uk/page2.html Section 4 - Social
Harmony With
reference to modern Britain:-
The growth of equal rights for men and women
Prejudice and discrimination
Multi-ethnic society
Multi-faith society, its advantages and disadvantages Christian
teachings on:-
The role of men and women
Racial harmony Differences
among Christians in their attitudes to other religions and the reasons for them. Handy
Links for Social Harmony http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_435000/435765.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/educations/newsid_439000/439733.stm Section 5 This
section will be completed as coursework on Religion and the Media. This
will include:- A
study of the variety and range of religious programming on terrestrial TV
channels How
one religious or moral issue has been dealt with by a TV soap opera A
religious theme explored in a film. The
coursework should be 1500 words long, the question is set by the exam board and
marked internally. These
section will not necessarily be taught in this order.
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