Summary:
This highly-illlustrated textbook meets the demands of all GCSE Specifications and non-examined Key Stage 4 courses on this topic. Through the comprehensive text, test yourself questions, tasks, perspectives, and assignments, students will have a thorough understanding of the issues surrounding this topic.

• Tasks mirror the GCSE requirements of knowledge, understanding and evaluation.
• Includes exam-style GCSE questions.
• Written by an experienced author.
• Written for all GCSE and non-examined Key Stage 4 courses.

Table of Contents:
1. Gospel and authority
What is ‘gospel’?
Why were the gospels written?
When were the gospels written?
Who wrote Mark’s gospel?
Where did Mark get his material from?
Why are there four gospels?
Authority and interpreting the gospels today
2. Baptism and the Kingdom of God
The coming of the Kingdom of God
When and how would the Kingdom arrive?
Interpreting the coming of the Kingdom today
Three ways in which modern christians have explained Mark's eschatology
3. Parables and the Kingdom of God
Why did Jesus use parables?
Interpreting allegories
Interpreting sayings parables
4. Miracles and the Kingdom of God
Miracles as signs of God's presence in the world
Interpreting the miracle of the Calming of the Storm
Interpreting the miracles today
Nature miracles
Healing miracles
Exorcisms and evil
5. Discipleship and Community
The new community
The nature of discipleship
Cost of discipleship
The challenges of discipleship
6. Conflict and Challenge
Challenge to authority
Challenge to religious tradition
Why did Jesus challenge the institution of the Temple?
What are the arguments that led to Jesus' betrayal?
7. Suffering, Death and Resurrection
The heart of the gospel
The plot to kill Jesus and anointing at Bethany
Last supper
The Garden of Gethsemane and arrest
The Jewish and Roman trials
Jesus' Death
The resurrection of Jesus
Why did Jesus have to die?
8. Who is Jesus?
Who do people say Jesus is?
Jesus: human and divine
Son of God
Son of Man
The messiah and the son of David
Saviour
The 'messianic secret'
Key Words
Index

About the Author(s):
Michael Wilcockson is Head of Divinity at Eton College and an experienced author.

Readership:
GCSE RE students