Judaism: Religion and Secularisation | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Judaism: Religion and Secularisation
- 25 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Component 2: Judaism, one religion of five
- Component 2
Judaism: the retreat of religion from public life, militant atheism and the response to materialism.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Judaism: Religion and Secularisation
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Judaism and Secularisation
What does the relegation of religion to the personal sphere mean?
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Religious belief and practice become private matters rather than public or communal concerns that shape society. -
Judaism and Secularisation
What distinguishes militant atheism from simply lacking religious belief?
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Militant atheism actively opposes religion and advocates for its elimination from both public and private life, rather than merely lacking belief. -
Jewish Responses to Materialism
Why does Judaism reject asceticism as an answer to materialism?
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The Jerusalem Talmud teaches that a person will give account for every permitted pleasure they saw and did not enjoy, so God's gifts are to be used with gratitude rather than refused. -
Jewish Responses to Materialism
How has the Torah's ban on charging interest shaped Jewish attitudes to money?
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Because a fellow Jew may not be charged interest on a loan, communities set up free-loan societies (gemachs), so money serves people in need rather than profit alone.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Judaism and Secularisation | Recall questions on what has replaced religion as the source of truth, the alternative foundations for morality and the challenge to moral authority. | 13 |
| Jewish Responses to Materialism | How Judaism responds to materialistic secular values by treating wealth as a blessing held in trust, teaching contentment, and using Shabbat, tzedakah, free-loan societies and Mitzvah Day to counter consumerism. | 12 |
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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