Religious Studies - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries
Looking for the best study guides, study notes and summaries about Religious Studies? On this page you'll find 312 study documents about Religious Studies.
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Virtue Ethics - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers Aristotle's Virtue Ethics, eudaimonia, Nichomacheon ethics, virtues and the soul, how to perform virtues (the mean), the good life (theoria), and evaluation of Virtue Ethics as a theory.
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Situation Ethics - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers Fletcher's Situation Ethics, agapeic love, the four presuppositions, the six propositions, and evaluation of Situation Ethics as a theory.
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Natural Moral Law - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers Aquinas' Natural Moral Law, the primary precepts, the secondary precepts, real and apparent goods, the doctrine of double effect, and evaluation of Natural Law as a theory.
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Free Will & Moral Responsibility - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers moral responsibility, determinism (scientific, psychological, theological), reductionism, libertarianism, compatibilism (Hume), reward and punishment. Includes evaluation points for all approaches - useful for essays!
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Religious Language - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers Ayer's verification principle (& logical positivism), Popper's falsification principle, Hick's eschatological verification, Hare's bliks, Wittgenstein's language games, Aquinas - religious language as analogical (attribution and proportionality), the Via Negativa, Tillich - religious language as symbolic. Includes evaluation/argument points for all approaches to religious language - great for essays!
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Verifying Religious Experience - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers why religious experiences are hard to prove, scientific challenge to religious experience (Freud, temporal lobe epilepsy, neurotheology, drugs), Swineburne's principles of testimony and credulity, the influence of religious experience, the value of religious experience for faith. Includes potential evaluation/argument points for use in essays.
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Miracles - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers realist and anti-realist accounts of miracles (Tillich, Holland), Hume's critiques of miracles, Wiles' critiques of miracles, comparison of Hume vs Wiles, significance of realist and anti-realist accounts of miracles for religion. Includes potential evaluation/argument points for each topic.
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Arguments for the Existence of God - AQA A-Level Religious Studies, Philosophy & Ethics notes (by an A* student!)
Covers Paley's Design argument (and Hume's criticisms), the Ontological argument (Anselm, Kant's criticisms, Gaunilo's criticisms, Descartes' argument), the Cosmological argument (Aquinas, Russell & Hume's criticisms). Includes for each argument its status as a proof and value for religious faith - useful for evaluation questions.
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A complete summary of Bentham and Kant for AQA A level Religious Studies
These slides contain everything you need to know about Bentham and Kant for your A level AQA paper. It contains a full summary of the textbook and includes quotes, key content and points for evaluation for your 15 mark questions. These notes were used last year (2024) to get a high grade A. It is written in a casual and clear way so you don't have to wade through the dense writing in the textbook. The content is structured in slides, and spaced out so that reading and memorisation is easy.
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Notes for AQA A Level RS Paper One
Notes covering the entirety of AQA A level RS Paper One. Achieved grade A*. Complete revision notes tailored to specification. Also some question plans/ example answers Notes for: Arguments for the existence of God Evil and suffering Religious experience Religious language Miracles Self and life after death. Ethical theories Issues of human life and death Issues of animal life and death Introduction to meta ethics Free will and moral responsibility Conscience Bentham and Kant.
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Complete Set Of Notes For AQA A-Level Religious Studies (Everything You Need To Get A*)
A complete set of notes on AQA A-level Religious Studies. Covers all the specification points so that you can secure the top grades.
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AQA A-level Religious Studies Buddhism Notes
An in-depth guide into Buddhism as a religion and the philosophical as well as ethical ideas around the religion. The document, which is over 90 pages long, clearly details everything you need to secure a top grade. The notes cover all the AQA specification points. The document contains detailed and relevant comparisons between the two main schools of Buddhism (Theravada and Mahayana) and it also explicitly analyses why the differences exist.
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AQA A-level Religious Studies Philospophy and Ethics Notes
Over 115 pages of well-structured, detailed and clear notes on the entirety of the A-level philosophy and ethics course. It is a complete guide on all the knowledge you need to get top grades, with many exam-style questions, key scholars and quotes, arguments with counterarguments, and explorations of relevant ethical dilemmas.
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Aqa alevel Rs section B
A-Level Religious Studies (RS) Section B Notes – Developments in Christian Thought Get top grades with detailed, exam-focused notes on A-Level RS Section B! Perfect for revision and essay writing, these notes cover key theological and philosophical ideas with clear explanations and evaluations. What’s Included? Human Nature & The Self – Augustine’s teaching on Original Sin Death & The Afterlife – Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory Knowledge of God – Natural vs. Revealed Theolog...
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A* alevel RS notes Section A
A-Level Religious Studies (RS) Section A Notes – Ethics & Philosophy Boost your grades with detailed, exam-ready notes for A-Level RS Section A! Covering key topics with clear explanations and evaluations, these notes are perfect for revision and essay writing. What’s Included? Ethics: Natural Law, Situation Ethics, Kantian Ethics, Utilitarianism, and Euthanasia. Philosophy: Arguments for God's existence (Cosmological, Teleological, Ontological), Problem of Evil, and Religious Exp...
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A* Essays (92%) on the Ontological Argument
Answers the A01 question: Explain the ontological argument with reference to Anselm and Descartes. AO1 (20 marks) ( 19 marks scored) and A02 question: 'The ontological argument is more persuasive than the cosmological and teleological arguments for God's existence' Evaluate this view (27 marks scored
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Religious Studies AQA A-Level
Knowledge Organisers for the Christianity, Ethics and Philosophy sections of AQA A-Level Religious Studies
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AQA A Level Religious studies - Philosophy
A knowledge organiser for the Philosophy section of the Religious Studies A-level for the AQA exam board. This can be used as a cheat sheet or as a revision sheet.
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AQA A-Level Religious Studies - Ethics
A knowledge organiser for the Ethics section of A-Level Religious studies for the AQA exam board. This can be used for revision or as a cheat sheet.
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A-Level Religious Studies AQA Knowledge Organiser - Christianity
This knowledge organiser contains key information for AQA A-Level Religious Studies examinations, as well as key quotes to remember. They can be used for revision or as a cheat sheet. This is the Christianity knowledge organiser.
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