(OCR A Level Religious Studies) A* Theology (Developments In Christian Thought) Notes + Some Essay Plans Ranked 1st in Cohort | Systematic AO1 Breakdowns + AO2 Thesis–Counter–Rebuttal Matrices for Developments in Christian Thought

Written by a student who achieved an A* (91.1%) in A-Level Religious Studies and ranked 1st in cohort at a leading London sixth form, these notes provide a comprehensive blueprint for the Developments in Christian Thought component across OCR, AQA, and Edexcel. Augustine & Human Nature: Prelapsarian Harmony, Imago Dei, The Fall (Superbia, Non Posse Non Peccare, Seminal Presence, Massa Damnata); Postlapsarian Divided Will (Akrasia, Cupiditas vs. Caritas); Critiques & Defences from Niebuhr (Empirical Verifiability of Sin), Hick (Evolution), Sartre (Freedom), Locke (Tabula Rasa), Rousseau (Social Corruption), and Augustine’s Felix Culpa. Death & The Afterlife: Physical Resurrection (Aquinas' Hylomorphism, Bynum's Somatic Identity, N.T. Wright's New Earth & Historic Resurrection) vs. Non-Physical / Symbolic Views (Origen's Spiritual Ascent, Boethius' Divine Perfection, Augustine's Cannibal Problem, Williams' Tedium Critique, Bultmann's Demythologisation, Tillich's Ground of Being). The Election & Universalism: Limited Election (Augustine, Calvin's Double Predestination), Unlimited Election (Barth's Christocentric Election), Universalism (Hick's Universal Restoration & Purgatory), and Pelagius' Moral Neutrality. Knowledge of God: Natural Theology (Aquinas' Preambula Fidei, Calvin's Sensus Divinitatis, Cicero's Universal Consensus, Brunner's Formal Image) vs. Revealed Theology (Luther's Theology of the Cross, Barth's Nein! & Total Blackout, Kierkegaard's Leap of Faith, Pope John Paul II's Fides et Ratio, Dawkins' Critique). The Person of Jesus: Jesus as Divine (Aquinas' Endorsement via Miracles, Pannenberg's Historical Resurrection); Jesus as Teacher of Wisdom (Hick's Myth of God Incarnate, Dawkins' Humanist Moralist, N.T. Wright's Historicity, C.S. Lewis' Trilemma); Jesus as Political Liberator (Brandon's Zealot Theory, Aslan's Failed Messiah, Cleansing of the Temple, Subversion of Purity Laws). Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Cheap vs. Costly Grace, Discipleship (Taking up the Cross), Reality of Christ, Religionless Christianity, Stellvertretung (Vicarious Action), The Barmen Declaration, Rusty Swords, Civil Disobedience (Spoke in the Wheel), Finkenwalde Seminary; Critiques from Moltmann, Augustine, Luther, and Gutierrez. Pluralism & Theology: Exclusivism (Netland's Propositional Truth, Barth's Christocentric Revelation, Kraemer's Sui Generis Faith); Inclusivism (Rahner's Anonymous Christians & Universal Salvific Will); Pluralism (Hick's Copernican Turn, The Transcategorical "Real", Phenomenological Convergence). Pluralism & Society: Evangelism & Proselytisation (William Lane Craig) vs. Proclamation & Dialogue (David Ford's Social Cohesion, Peter Ochs' Scriptural Reasoning Movement & Epistemic Humility, Redemptoris Missio, Church of England's Four Threads, Milbank's Attractive Narrative). Gender & Theology: Radical Feminist Critique (Mary Daly's Patriarchy, God as a Verb/Be-ing, The Unholy Trinity, "The Medium is the Message") vs. Reformist Critique (Rosemary Radford Ruether's Biblical Golden Thread, Prophetic-Messianic Tradition, Sophia / Wisdom Principle); Simon Chan's Transcendence Defence. Gender & Society & Liberation Theology: Gender Roles (Mulieris Dignitatem, Complementarianism, Wayne Grudem vs. Anne Oakley, Simone de Beauvoir's Eternal Feminine, Schüssler Fiorenza, N.T. Wright on Ephesians); Liberation Theology (Karl Marx's Materialism & Fourfold Alienation, Boff Brothers' Preferential Option for the Poor, Gustavo Gutierrez's Structural Sin & Realised Eschatology, Pope John Paul II's Spiritual Diagnosis, Oscar Romero's Middle Ground, Pope Paul VI's Warning).