Religious Studies. Curriculum Details. Curriculum Overview. Half Term 1

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1 MIRACLES: Different understanding of miracles, realism Descriptive Anti-realism inc R.F Holland Hume and Wiles: Hume Hume Wiles Consolidate Significance of these views for religion Miracles and God Half Term 1 SELF, DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE Intro, Plato, Aristotle Aristotle and Plato v Aristotle Descartes Probs with Descartes dualism Body, soul relationship and functionalism Functionalism and dualism, hard prob of consciousness Dual-aspect monism Continuing personal existence, psych continuity Fission, fusion, teletransportation Personal existence after death Poss of existence after death of conscious self Plato arg for the immortality of the soul and Swinburne.Reincarnation and NDEs Bundle theory and Daniel Dennett Dual Aspect Monism

2 CONSCIENCE Intro and Kohlberg Freud Durkheim and Fromm Religious conscience Aquinas and Butler Evaluation of Butler, Fletcher Lies and adultery A moral guide Learning Checklist Checklists are in student folders

3 META-ETHICS Intro to meta-ethics and key terms Divine Command Theory Strengths and weaknesses of Divine Command Theory Naturalism Utilitarianism Mill s utilitarianism Half Term 2 Strengths and weaknesses of Ethical Naturalism Non-naturalism Intuitionism Strengths and weaknesses of intuitionism BENTHAM AND KANT Biographical details Bentham and Kant Act utilitarianism Act utilitarianism. Evaluating act utilitarianism Kant s cat imperative Kant s cat imperative Evaluating Kant s cat imp Bentham and religious decision making Kant and religious decision making Learning Checklist Checklist in student folders

4 CHRISTIANITY, GENDER AND SEXUALITY Intro and place of women in the church Biblical criticism, Bible and Reformation. Biblical passages for and against gender equality Timothy, New Testament, apostolic succession The Protestant view and weighing it up Debates about female ordination Hampson, Ruether and patriarchy Diff Christ views about celibacy, marriage, Diff Christ views about homosexuality Diff views about transgender issues Half Term 3 CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE Intro, evidence and reason, Christian responses to the rise of science Specific discoveries: Darwin Big Bang theory Relativity and Quantum theory Neuroscience Science as a stimulus to Christian ethical thinking How science has challenged Christian beliefs -God of the gaps and rel responses Contemporary responses to the Big Band theory Science and religion compatible Polkinghorne Evaluation of Polkinghorne Science and Providence Responses to issues raised by science genetic engineering Genetic engineering (cont)

5 CHRISTIANITY AND THE CHALLENGE OF SECULARISATION Replacement of religion as the source of truth, personal and public role Militant atheism and view that religion is irrational Responses to materialistic values; wealth and possession McGrath s defence of Christianity in The Dawkins Delusion Emergence of new forms of expression Fresh expressions Social relevance of Christianity secular ownership The Liberationist approach Checklists are in students folders Learning Checklist

6 CHRISTIANITY,MIGRATION AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM Migration, multicultural societies and Christianity Diversity of faiths in Britain today Influence on Christian thought Christian attitudes to other faiths: exclusivism and inclusivism Criticisms of exclusivism and getting a balance Inclusivism with ref to anonymous Christians How Christian denominations view each other R.Cs and Evang Prots Cof E and Ecumenism Pluralism with ref to John Hick Christian responses to issues of freedom of expression DIALOGUES THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND PHILOSOPHY God Self-death, afterlife Wisdom and authority Religious experience Relationship between scientific and religious discourse Truth claims of other religions Miracles Half Term 4 THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND ETHICS Christian responses to deontology and Kant Christian responses to Teleological theories and Bentham Christian responses to character based theories Aristotle s Virtue Ethics How far can Christian ethics be cons to be deontological, teleological or virtue based How far can Christian ethics be cos to be deontological, teleological or virtue based Checklists are in student folders Learning Checklist

7 Curriculum Details Revision and exam skills Half Term 5 Learning Checklist