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- Unit 1 - Philosophical issues and questions 9RS0 15
- Unit 10 - Ethical language 8RS0 6
- Unit 11 - Deontology, Virtue Ethics and the works of scholars 8RS0 6
- Unit 12 - Medical ethics: beginning and end of life issues 8RS0 3
- Unit 13 - Social, historical and religious context of the New Testament 9RSO03 3
- Unit 14 - Interpreting the text and issues of relationship, purpose and authorship 9RS0 3
- Unit 15 - Ways of interpreting the scripture 9RS0 1
- Unit 16 - Texts and interpretation: the Kingdom of God, conflict, the death and resurrection of Jesus 9RS0 3
- Unit 17 - Scientific and historicalcritical challenges, ethical living and the works of scholars 9RS0 2
- Unit 18 - Religious beliefs, values and teachings 1
- Unit 2 - The nature and influence of religious experience 7
- Unit 25 - Christianity 9RS0 4
- Unit 27 - Islam 5
- Unit 3 - Problems of evil and suffering 6
- Unit 4 - Religious language 13
- Unit 5 - Works of scholars 3
- Unit 6 - Influences of developments in religious belief 5
- Unit 7 - Significant concepts in issues or debates in religion and ethics 8RS0 4
- Unit 8 - A study of three ethical theories 8RS0 10
- Unit 9 - Application of ethical theories to issues of importance 8RS0 6
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A summary of the main arguments for and against religious experience being successful in providing evidence for the existence of God, as well as the classifications of religious experience according to scholars such as Richard Swinburne, Martin Buber, Rudolf Otto and William James.
Detailed notes according to specification on section 4 of RS Paper 2 on Ethical Language 
 
Includes information on: 
4.1 (Cognitive and non-cognitive uses of language, realism and anti-realism, language as factual or symbolic, the nature of ethical assertions as absolutist or relative, ethical naturalism, the naturalistic fallacy, the is–ought gap, the problem of the open question, ethical non-naturalism, intuitionism, prescriptivism). 
4.2 (Emotivism, the influence of the logical positivism ...
Detailed notes on section 4 of the Pearson Edexcel A Level RS Specification (Paper 1 - Philosophy) 
 
Includes: 
Aquinas and analogy (Predicative; Proportional) 
Paul Tillich on Symbolism 
Rudolf Otto on numinosity 
Logical Positivism 
Ayer's Verification Principle 
Flew's Falsification Principle 
Wittgenstein on Language Games
Detailed specification notes on themes 1.1-1.2 from the optional New Testament module from Edexcel/Pearson's A Level Religious Studies course. 
Notes include: 
1.1 Prophecy regarding the Messiah (The Suffering Servant of Isaiah; Line of David; Matthew's proof texts) 
1.2 World of the 1st century; significance of this context for the life and work of Jesus (Religious groups in Palestine.)
This essay covers unit 2.3 of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Natural Moral Law - in unit 2 A study of three ethical theories. It is used in Section C of Paper 2 (Question 4), includes a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. This essay begins with an introduction, then explores key concepts of Natural Moral Law, such as precepts, by looking at Aquinas' key ideas. This is followed by various evaluations and a conclusion.
This essay covers unit 2.2 of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Situation ethics - in unit 2 A study of three ethical theories. It is used in Section C of Paper 2 (Question 4), includes a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. This essay begins with an introduction, then explores key concepts of Situation ethics, as well as looking at key scholars' ideas, such as Fletcher. This is followed by various evaluations and a conclusion.
This essay covers unit 2.1 of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Utilitarianism - in unit 2 A study of three ethical theories. It is used in Section C of Paper 2 (Question 4), includes a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. This essay begins with an introduction, then explores key concepts of utilitarianism, as well as key scholars' ideas, such as Bentham and Mill. This is followed by evaluation involving different types of utilitarianism, and a concl...
This essay covers unit 1.2 of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Equality - in unit 1 Significant concepts in issues or debates in religion and ethics. It is used in Section C of Paper 2 (Question 4), includes a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. This essay answers questions specifically asking about secular approaches to equality, but also contains an extra paragraph that may be included when a question asks specifically for religious approaches. It...
These two essays cover unit 1.1 of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Environmental issues - in unit 1 Significant concepts in issues or debates in religion and ethics. It is used in Section C of Paper 2 (Question 4), includes a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. These two essays cover the same unit, but answer questions asking for religious and secular methods specifically. Both contain key concepts of environmental issues, involving both secular an...
These essays covers unit 6.3 of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Religion and science debates - in unit 6 Influences of developments in religious belief. They are used in Section C of Paper 1 (Question 4), include a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. Both essays fall under unit 6.3 and are rearranged to answer specifically to questions that ask about religion or science. Different religious and scientific theories are explores, such as the Bible an...