AQA Religious Studies B: Religious Philosophy and Ultimate Questions

Summary:
Written by senior examiners, this new title for the 2009 AQA GCSE Religious Studies specification B unit 4 provides support for the new course and its requirements.

This textbook builds on Lesley Parry's bestselling and highly regarded Thinking about God and Morailty textbook, now accompanied by three brand new topics on Immortality, Miracles and Science and Religion. The book provides:

* exam-specific advice, questions and model answers
* a clear, accessible structure to guide students through the course
* student-focused features to aid learning such as key terms and summary boxes
* up-to-date photos and examples.

• Complete match to the requirements of the new AQA GCSE RS specification.
• Integrates exam skills to ensure students maximise their marks.
• Written by senior examiner and experienced author, Lesley Parry.
• Tried and tested approach, designed for classroom success.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Topic One The Existence of God
The First Cause argument
The argument from design (teleological argument)
Miracles - God be praised!
Seeing is believing - the argument from religious experience
It's about what's right and wrong!
The weight of the arguments
Nope, I still don't believe that God exists!
Agnostic...atheist...theist
This topic in the exam
Revising this topic
Topic Two Revelation
Special revelation
General revelation: knowing God...through nature
Knowing God...through worship
Knowing God...through holy books and religious writing
Knowing God...through conscience and behaviour
So, what does revelation tell us about God?
Reality or illusion?
Bringing things together
This topic in the exam
Topic Three The Problem of Evil and Suffering
We've got problems
About moral evil
About natural evil
Theodicies - defending God
Problems with solutions
Responding to evil
Responding to the suffering of others
This topic in the exam
Revision tips that are not just hot air!
Topic Four Immortality
Mind, body and soul
What might count as life after death? ...Reincarnation
...Memories
...Rebirth
...Resurrection
...A legacy
Why do people want to be immortal?
'Proving' life after death
Life after death - there's no such thing!
What religions believe about life after death
Exam tips
Topic Five Miracles
What do we mean by miracles?
Some miracles...in holy books
...in history
...from experience
So, who performs miracles?
Miraculous evidence
Learning about God
David Hume on miracles
Exam tips - improving exam performance
Topic Six Science and Religion
Scientific truth versus religious truth
The origins of the universe
The Genesis creation story
Science or religion, or both?
The cosmological revolution
The voices of change
Key points of the next cosmological revolution
The next big clash...evolution
Science versus religion
Created or evolved - waht difference does it make?
Exam tips - building your technique
Appendix I Revision outline
Appendix II Sample paper
Glossary
Index

About the Author(s):
Lesley Parry is a Senior Examiner and experienced author

Readership:
GCSE RS students

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