religious studies gCSE Options

Philosophy of Religion, Worship & Ethics

This is similar to the Philosophy and Ethics option, but instead of looking at science and religion, it has a focus on Christian worship.

The philosophy modules are as follows:-

• The Nature of God - this looks at the idea of God with a study of Christian beliefs about God and about the Bible
• The Nature of Belief - this investigates Christian belief and worship with a study of church buildings and types of worship
• Death and the Afterlife - this studies the ideas of soul and of heaven and hell and includes work on Christian funeral rites
• Good and Evil - asks why there is evil in the world when God is good

The ethics modules are:-

• Religion and Human Relationships - this focuses on Christian marriage and family and includes thinking about sexual relationships, contraception and divorce
• Religion and Medical Ethics - this is about abortion and fertility treatment, euthanasia and suicide and animal experimentation
• Religion and Equality - has a focus on racism, women in society and Christian approaches to other world religions. There is teaching on justice, forgiveness and reconcilation.
• Religion, Peace & Justice - includes decisions about war and about the treatment of criminals
• Religion, poverty and wealth - discusses development issues and Christian attitudes to wealth