Year

September – October ½ term

October ½ term - Christmas

January – February ½ term

March – Easter

April – May ½ term

June - Summer

7

Be A…

Introductory course looking at values such as compassion, altruism and forgiveness

Nature of God

Investigate the nature and role of God – omnipotence, omnibenevolence, the Trinity etc..

Nature of Jesus

A study of Jesus and the values he represented, focusing on his life story, teachings and miracles.

Judaism

Looking at the origins, beliefs and traditions within the religion including the roles of men and women, the value of the family, worship, and rituals.

Judaism

Shoah

An exploration of what happened to the Jewish community before, during and after Shoah.

8

Big Biblical Blokes & Great Godly Girls

A study of key figures in the Old Testament, looking at their lives and the lessons that can be learnt from them.  Including how to resolve conflict, responsible governance and attitudes towards cooperation and self-centredness in society.

Islam

Looking at the origins, beliefs and traditions within the religion including why it is good to give to charities, the role of faith communities in society today, why it is important to be aware of poverty in the world.

Islam

Hinduism

Looking at the origins, beliefs and traditions within the religion including the structure of society, the significance of different stages in life and the need for society to mark death with certain rituals.

Hinduism

Dimensions of Religion  Designing a Religion

A course where pupils spend time investigating what is significant about religions and common factors before designing their own religion that they think meets the worlds needs.

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Philosophy of Religion

The Nature of God

Revelation

Religious Language

Philosophy of Religion

Cosmological Argument

Teleological Argument

Pascal’s Wager

Philosophy of Religion

Feuerbach

Pascal’s Wager

Religious Experience

Miracles

Philosophy of Religion

Augustinian Theodicy

Iranaean Theodicy

Free Will Defence

Philosophy of Religion

Life is a Test

Freedom v Pain

Sociology of Religion

Cults, Sects and New Religious Movements

10

Buddhism

Key teachings and practices.

Abortion

Law, social arguments, sanctity of life and religious teachings.

War and Peace

Types, causes, costs and religious teachings.

Prejudice

Types, causes, effects, ways of eliminating it and religious teachings.

Planet Earth

Origins of life, animal rights, care of the planet and religious responses.

Ultimate Questions

God’s existence, evil and life after death.

11

Truth and Spirituality

What is truth, what is spirituality and forms of each.

Crime and Punishment

Causes and effects of crime and forms of punishment, death penalty and religious views.

Matters of Life

Fertility treatments, genetic engineering, organ donations, cloning and religious responses.

Matters of Death

Death and ageing society, euthanasia, hospices, suicide and religious views.

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