QCE Study of Religion Units 3&4 Notes

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1. Ethical frameworks across the five traditions3 · Unit 3 Topic 1 — Social ethics

   Frameworks in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism that inform ethical positions

2. Sacred texts and authoritative sources3 · Unit 3 Topic 1 — Social ethics

   Using sacred texts and authoritative sources as evidence in a social–ethical argument

3. Applying religious ethics to a social–ethical issue3 · Unit 3 Topic 1 — Social ethics

   Working a prescribed issue (refugees, war, environment, capital punishment) through each tradition

4. Evaluating influence on individuals, groups and society3 · Unit 3 Topic 1 — Social ethics

   Synthesising positions and justifying judgments about how far religious ethics actually shape decisions

5. How traditions inform personal ethics3 · Unit 3 Topic 2 — Personal ethics

   Key teachings and the way they are expressed, supported and enforced within a tradition

6. Variety of adherent responses3 · Unit 3 Topic 2 — Personal ethics

   Why adherents inside one tradition disagree about a contemporary personal ethical issue

7. Case study method for a personal ethical issue3 · Unit 3 Topic 2 — Personal ethics

   Structuring an inquiry into one issue through the lens of one major world religion

8. Judging religion's significance in personal decisions3 · Unit 3 Topic 2 — Personal ethics

   Drawing and justifying conclusions about religion's weight in an individual's moral choice

9. The seven religion–state relationship types4 · Unit 4 Topic 1 — Religion and the nation–state

   Separation, religious, multi-religious, pluralist, secular, state-religion and religion-less states

10. Building the nation–state case study4 · Unit 4 Topic 1 — Religion and the nation–state

    Research method: context, chronology, sources and referencing for a prescribed case

11. Difference within a tradition4 · Unit 4 Topic 1 — Religion and the nation–state

    Similarities and differences inside one tradition in how it engages the nation–state

12. Evaluating religion's significance to the nation–state4 · Unit 4 Topic 1 — Religion and the nation–state

    Synthesising and justifying judgments about religion's interplay with the state

13. Judaism on the nature of humanity4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    Revelation; sin, repentance and free will; Divine and human justice; sanctity of life

14. Christianity on the nature of humanity4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    Revelation, Incarnation, Resurrection, free will, Salvation and human dignity

15. Islam on the nature of humanity4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    Revelation to the Prophet, predestination and the Greater Jihad

16. Hinduism and Buddhism on the nature of humanity4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    Karma, samsara, moksha, reincarnation, rebirth, dharma and nirvana

17. Key principles that ground rights4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    B'tselem Elohim, tikkun olam, pikuach nefesh, Imago Dei, Adalat, Sharia, atman, anatta

18. Linear and cyclical world views4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    How each world view frames ultimate questions about purpose, destiny and the divine

19. Human rights documents4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    The UDHR (1948) and the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990) as stimulus

20. Religion, social justice and human rights issues4 · Unit 4 Topic 2 — Human existence and rights

    Faith-based organisations and evaluating religion's influence on poverty, homelessness and trafficking