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OCR · GCSE · J625
Religious Studies
Active Recall Guide
2,800 questions
Religious StudiesContents
Contents
30 topics, 234 subtopics
  1. Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings105
  2. Christianity: Practices82
  3. Islam: Beliefs and Teachings134
  4. Islam: Practices158
  5. Judaism: Beliefs and Teachings128
  6. Judaism: Practices176
  7. Buddhism: Beliefs and Teachings143
  8. Buddhism: Practices78
  9. Hinduism: Beliefs and Teachings126
  10. Hinduism: Practices102
  11. Christianity: Relationships and Families74
  12. Christianity: the Existence of God72
  13. and 18 more
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Christianity: PracticesQuestions
Christianity: Practices
Christian worship and the structure of services
  1. What is worship for Christians?
  2. What are the main purposes of Christian worship?
  3. What is the structure of an Anglican Communion service?
  4. What is the structure of a Roman Catholic Mass?
  5. What happens at a Quaker meeting?
  6. What is distinctive about Greek Orthodox worship?
  7. What happens in Methodist Sunday morning worship?
  8. Why is liturgical worship important for some Christians?
  9. Why is informal or charismatic worship important for some Christians?
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Christianity: PracticesAnswers
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Christian worship and the structure of services
  1. Worship is giving honour, praise and love to God. Christians worship through prayer, praise, reading scripture and the sacraments.
  2. Worship praises God, strengthens faith and brings believers together. Christians also seek forgiveness and guidance in worship.
  3. An Anglican Communion service begins with confession and Bible readings, followed by a sermon and prayers. The service ends with the Eucharist and a blessing.
  4. The Mass has two main parts: the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The priest consecrates the bread and wine, and the people receive Communion.
  5. Quakers sit together in silence with no set order or minister. Anyone may stand to speak if they feel moved by God.
  6. Orthodox worship follows the Divine Liturgy, with much singing and incense. Icons cover the screen, called the iconostasis, that separates the sanctuary.
  7. Methodist services usually include hymns, Bible readings, prayers and a sermon. Holy Communion is celebrated regularly but not every week.
  8. Liturgy follows a set pattern that has been used for centuries. Worshippers feel united with Christians everywhere and through history.
  9. Charismatic worship allows freedom to respond to the Holy Spirit with lively music and spontaneous prayer. Romans 8:14 says those led by the Spirit are children of God.
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Christianity: Religion, Peace and ConflictQuestions
Christianity: Religion, Peace and Conflict
Christian attitudes to terrorism
  1. What is terrorism?
  2. What are some causes of terrorism?
  3. How are religion and politics linked in 21st-century terrorism?
  4. Why do Christians condemn terrorism?
  5. How have Christians responded to terrorist attacks?
  6. How do Christians respond to the causes of terrorism?
  7. How has terrorism involved people who called themselves Christian?
  8. How do Christians differ in their attitudes to fighting terrorism?
  9. Why can terrorism never meet the conditions of a Just War?
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Christianity: Religion, Peace and ConflictAnswers
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Christian attitudes to terrorism
  1. Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence, usually against civilians, to achieve political or religious aims. Terrorists aim to spread fear.
  2. Causes include political grievances, a sense of injustice, extremist ideology and a desire for revenge. Poverty and marginalisation can make people vulnerable to recruitment.
  3. Some terrorist groups use religious language to justify political aims. Most religious believers reject such groups as betraying their faith.
  4. Terrorism deliberately kills innocent people. Terrorism breaks the commandment not to murder and Jesus' command to love.
  5. Churches hold vigils, pray for victims and work with other faiths to condemn violence. Christians call for justice rather than revenge.
  6. Christians work to tackle injustice, poverty and exclusion that can fuel terrorism. Christians also promote dialogue between communities.
  7. Some paramilitary groups in the Northern Ireland Troubles drew on Catholic or Protestant identity. Church leaders condemned their violence.
  8. Some Christians support military action to protect people from terrorists. Others argue that violence breeds more violence and prefer non-violent responses.
  9. Terrorists are not a legitimate authority and deliberately target civilians. Terrorism breaks the rules of proportion and discrimination.
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Buddhism: Relationships and FamiliesQuestions
Buddhism: Relationships and Families
Buddhist views on the family and the Sigalovada Sutta
  1. What is the Sigalovada Sutta (Digha Nikaya 31)?
  2. Which relationships do the six directions stand for in the Sigalovada Sutta?
  3. Why is the Sigalovada Sutta called the householder's Vinaya?
  4. What duties do parents owe their children according to the Sigalovada Sutta?
  5. What duties do children owe their parents according to the Sigalovada Sutta?
  6. What is the purpose of the family for Buddhists?
  7. How might a Mahayana Buddhist develop the six paramitas through family life?
  8. Why do some Buddhists see family life as a hindrance to Enlightenment?
  9. How do Buddhists answer the charge that the Buddha abandoned his wife and son?
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Buddhism: Relationships and FamiliesAnswers
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Buddhist views on the family and the Sigalovada Sutta
  1. The Sigalovada Sutta is the Buddha's teaching to a young householder, Sigala, who worshipped the six directions. The Buddha reinterpreted the directions as six relationships with mutual duties.
  2. East stands for parents, south for teachers, and west for wife and children. North stands for friends, below for workers, and above for religious teachers.
  3. The sutta sets out a code of conduct for lay people, as the Vinaya does for monks. Buddhists treat it as a guide to ethical family life.
  4. Parents should keep children from wrongdoing and encourage them to do good. Parents should train them for a trade, help them marry suitably and pass on their inheritance.
  5. Children should support their parents and carry out family duties. Children should keep up family traditions and make offerings in their parents' memory after death.
  6. The family is where children first learn the precepts, generosity and kindness. A loving family provides stability for spiritual practice.
  7. Patience grows through the demands of children and relatives, and generosity grows through sharing. Family life becomes a training ground for the bodhisattva path.
  8. The Buddha described household life as crowded and dusty, and he left his own family. Attachment to family can feed craving and distract from practice.
  9. Buddhists point out that the Buddha returned to teach his family, and his son Rahula became a monk. Yasodhara, his wife, later became a nun and reached Enlightenment.
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