Transcript Role of conscience GCSE short course

GCSE short course
Religious Education
Unit 8 Religion and Society
Meet Wednesdays after school.
3.45 – 4.45 pm
HF5
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Specification
• Four sections; covering rights and responsibilities, environmental
and medical issues, peace and conflict, crime and punishment.
• Based on a study of Christianity and one other world religion.
We will be studying Islam.
• Will be examined through a 1 ½ hour exam.
• The exam is in four sections, students to pick 1 out of 2
questions in each section.
Rights and responsibilities
• Based on Christianity alone.
• Cover:
• Using the Bible and Church as authority for making
moral decisions.
• Role of conscience
• Situation ethics
• Human rights in the UK and how they are important
for Christians.
• Christian teachings on moral duties and
responsibilities.
• Genetic engineering and cloning
Environmental and medical issues
Covers:
• Global warming – causes and solutions
• Forms of pollution
• Scarcity of natural resources
• Christian teachings on stewardship
• Teaching of Islam on stewardship
• Medical treatments for infertility – attitudes
towards them in Christianity and Islam.
• Transplant surgery and attitudes towards it.
Peace and Conflict
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United Nations and how they work for peace
How religious organisations promote world peace
Why wars occur
Theory of just war
Differences of opinion amongst Christians and
Muslims with regards to war
• Christian and Muslim opinions on bullying
• Religious conflicts within families
• Christian and Islamic teachings on reconciliation and
forgiveness
Crime and punishment
• The need for law and justice
• Theories of punishment and arguments for and
against them.
• Why justice is important to Christians and Muslims
• The nature of capital punishment including non
religious and religious arguments.
• Laws on drugs and alcohol/ social and health problems
caused by them.
• Attitudes towards them in Islam and Christianity.
Short Course GCSE
Religious Education
In this lesson:
1.
Consider the
Edexcel syllabus
for Religious
Education.
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Identify how
Christians make
moral decisions.
Key words:
1. Christianity – Religion based on the
Crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
2. Bible – The holy book of Christians,
66 books. Old and New testaments
3. Church – community of Christians/little c
Christian place of worship.
4. Conscience – an inner feeling of rightness/
wrongness.
5. Situation Ethics – The idea that Christians
Should base moral decisions on what is the
most loving thing to do in that situation.
Authority of the Bible:
What does ‘authority of the Bible mean?’
Why is the Bible important?
Where is the most important guidance for
Christians when making moral decisions?
What are the three differences between
Christians on the authority of the Bible?
The role of conscience:
1. What is a conscience?
2. What did St Paul teach?
3. What is the example that
the book gives about abortion?
How do Christians make moral decisions?
Use pages 17-19
Authority of the Church:
What do some Christians believe about
the authority of the Bible?
What do the COE and Methodist Church do?
What do the Roman Catholic Church do?
Situation Ethics:
1. Who came up with this
idea?
2. Describe what Situation
Ethics means?