The Philosophy component of the course offers the opportunity to explore the following: • arguments about the existence or non-existence of God • the nature and impact of religious experience • the challenge for religious belief of the problem of exil • the nature of the soul, mind and body • the possibility of life after death • ideas about the nature of God • issues in religious language The Religious Ethics module of the A Level requires students to study: • the application of ethical theory to two contemporary issues of importance • ethical language and thought • debates surrounding the significant ideas of conscience and free will • the influence on ethical thought of developments in religious beliefs and the philosophy of religion In contrast, the course component entitled Developments in Religious (Christian) thought offers students the opportunity to consider: • religious beliefs, values and teachings, their interconnections and how they vary historically and in the contemporary world • sources of religious wisdom and authority • practices which shape and express religious identity, and how these vary within a tradition • significant social and historical developments in theology and religious thought • key themes related to the relationship between religion and society
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