Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife
- 76 questions
- 6 subtopics
- Component 2: Christianity, one religion of five
- Component 2
Christianity: the self, the purpose of life, and what is held to follow death.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Christianity as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Glorifying God and Being Born Again
What do evangelical Christians mean by a personal relationship with God?
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A conscious individual friendship with God through Christ, sustained by prayer, scripture and the work of the Holy Spirit. -
Glorifying God and Being Born Again
Explain the belief that this life is a preparation for judgement.
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Christians hold they will answer to God for how they have lived, so the present life is the time for repentance, faith and faithful conduct. -
The Kingdom of God and Eschatology
How does liberation theology understand the purpose of Christian life?
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As working with God for the liberation of the poor and oppressed, taking a preferential option for the poor. -
The Kingdom of God and Eschatology
How would a Christian reply to the charge that hope of heaven encourages passivity?
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The same faith commands love of neighbour now, and the promised kingdom provides the standard by which present injustice is judged and resisted. -
The Soul, Nephesh and Bodily Resurrection
Outline materialism as an account of the human person.
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The view that a human being is wholly physical, with no immaterial soul, so mental life depends entirely on the brain. -
The Soul, Nephesh and Bodily Resurrection
According to Augustine, what happens to bodily defects and injuries in the resurrection?
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They are healed, since the risen body is perfected, though the martyrs' wounds remain as marks of honour. -
Spiritual Resurrection and 1 Corinthians 15
What transformation does Paul describe in 1 Corinthians 15:51–54?
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Not everyone will die, but all will be changed in an instant at the last trumpet, the dead raised imperishable and the mortal clothed with immortality, so that death is swallowed up in victory. -
Spiritual Resurrection and 1 Corinthians 15
Explain John Hick's replica theory.
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God recreates an exact psycho-physical replica of the dead person in another space, continuous with them in memory and character, so the same person lives again.
The 6 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Glorifying God and Being Born Again | Recall questions on the chief end of human beings, how God is glorified in daily life and what evangelicals mean by new birth. | 8 |
| The Kingdom of God and Eschatology | Recall questions on what the kingdom of God means, the prayer expressing it and the difference between realised and inaugurated eschatology. | 13 |
| The Soul, Nephesh and Bodily Resurrection | Recall questions on the soul, substance dualism, Plato and the Hebrew nephesh, Aquinas and materialism, and Augustine's account of the resurrection of the flesh and the risen body. | 15 |
| Spiritual Resurrection and 1 Corinthians 15 | Recall questions on spiritual resurrection, the contrasts Paul draws between the body buried and raised, and the difficulty flesh and blood creates. | 12 |
| Judgement, the Parousia and Heaven and Hell | Recall questions on particular and last judgement, the meaning of parousia and the physical and spiritual understandings of each. | 15 |
| Purgatory and Objective Immortality | Recall questions on the Catholic doctrine of purgatory, its scriptural support, the Protestant rejection and modern presentations, and on objective immortality, the consequent nature of God and Hartshorne. | 13 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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