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Religious Studies Year 10

This OCR Full Course option will give students the opportunity to explore and reflect on questions about existence and morality. Students will develop their thinking and analytical skills and evaluate their own and others’ ideas on philosophical and moral issues.

SPECIFICATION AIMS

This specification gives students opportunities to:

  • Adopt an enquiring, critical and reflective approach to the study of religion.
  • Explore religions and beliefs, reflect on fundamental questions, engage with them intellectually and respond personally.
  • Enhance their personal, social and cultural development, their understanding of different cultures locally, nationally and in the wider world and to contribute to social and community cohesion.
  • Reflect on and develop their own values, opinions and attitudes in light of their learning.
  • Consider religious and other responses to moral issues.
  • Identify, investigate and respond to fundamental questions of life raised by religion and human experience, including questions about the meaning and purpose of life
  • Develop transferable skills and those relevant to the study of religion.

CONTENT

The following topics will be covered

Philosophy

  • The Nature of God – Arguments for the existence of God; and beliefs about the nature of God.
  • Death and the Afterlife
  • Religion, Reason and Revelation
  • Good & Evil – The nature and origins of good and evil.  The problem of suffering.

Ethics

  • Religion and Medical Ethics –   The ethical issues raised by abortion; euthanasia; suicide; fertility treatment and the use of animals in medical research.
  • Religion Peace and Justice –   The moral and ethical issues surrounding War, Peace, Violence, Justice, Crime and Punishment.
  • Religion, Poverty and Wealth – Moral issues related to poverty and the use of money  or Religion and Human Relationships
  • Religion and Equality – Moral issues related to prejudice and discrimination.

Assessment

The above content is examined through four 1 hour examinations.

There is no coursework.