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A Level Religious Studies Edexcel (Pearson)

Dates Available

• Week 1: 30 March – 3 April
• Week 2: 6 April – 10 April
• Week 3: 13 April – 17 April

Boards

Edexcel (Pearson) 9RS0

Length of Course

8 hour seminars

Times

9am to 6pm

1. Philosophy of Religion

I. Philosophical issues and questions: Design Argument, Cosmological Argument, Ontological Argument
II. The nature and influence of Religious Experience: The nature and types of religious experience, the argument for God’s existence from religious experience
III. The problem of evil: the nature of the problem, responses to it (theodicies)
IV. Religious Language: analogy and symbol; verification and falsification debates; language games
V. The work of scholars: critiques of religious belief; Russell and Copleston
VI. Influences of developments in religious belief: life after death across religious traditions; religion and science

2. Religion and Ethics

I. Significant issues/ debates in religion and ethics: The environment, Equality
II. Ethical theories: Utilitarianism, Situation Ethics, Natural Moral Law
III. Applied ethics: war and peace, sexual ethics
IV. Ethical Language: Meta-ethics; the relationship between religion and morality
V. Deontology, virtue ethics and the work of scholars (Kant, Aristotle)
VI. Medical Ethics: beginning and ending of life issues

3. Study of Christianity

I. Religious beliefs, values and teachings: the nature of God as personal and as Creator; The Trinity; The nature of the Church; Key Moral principles
II. Sources of wisdom and authority: The Bible; The nature and role of Jesus
III. The diversity of practice in the Eucharist: The diversity of practice in the Eucharist; The diversity of practice in creative expressions of religious identity
IV. Social and historical developments: science; secularisation; new movements in theology
V. Works of scholars: Atonement theory; Karl Barth and John Hick
VI. Religion and Society: Pluralism and diversity; equality and discrimination – gender

If any candidates require the A level AQA (reformed), they should contact the college.