Religious Studies

Course summary

Opportunity to study Christianity at A Level. There will be four themes within this; religious figures and sacred texts; religious concepts and religious life; significant social and historical developments in religious thought; religious practices and religious identity. Philosophy of Religion: There will be four themes within this component: arguments for the existence of God; challenges to religious belief; religious experience; religious language. Religious Ethics: There will be four themes within this component: ethical language and thought; deontological ethics; teleological ethics; freewill and determinism. There will be opportunity to attend conferences run by modern philosophers and scholars on each of the three components. Assessment Written examinations. Three exams each two hours long. Extended writing choosing a topic or issue from a selection of themes studied. Exam board; WJEC-Eduqas Religious Studies.