Religious Studies

Assessment

Paper 1: Philosophy of Religion • The Design Argument • The Cosmological Argument • The Ontological Argument • Problems of evil and suffering, different types of problems and solutions • Religious Experience • Religious Language • Influences of developments in life after death • Scholars linked to psychological and sociological views Paper 2: Religion and Ethics • Utilitarianism • Situation ethics • Natural Moral Law • Issues of war and peace • Sexual ethics • Ethical language • Deontology, virtue ethics • Medical Ethics – with a focus on beginning and end of life Paper 4 (4B) Christianity • Religious belief and values – including the nature of God • The Trinity and Nature of the Church • Sources of wisdom • Practices – expressions of religious identity • Social and historical developments – secularisation, liberation and feminist theology • Work of scholars • Religion and society • Study of primary texts relating to significance for believers Students will complete all external assessments at the end of the second year. The examination within RS consists of three externally examined papers. Each Paper will be a written exam lasting 2 hours, worth 33.33% of the total grade with 80 marks available per paper. • Section A – Two short structured questions • Section B – Two extended response questions on an unseen passage • Section C – An extended essay question