- Study of Religion (Islam): Religious figures and sacred texts, religious concepts, social and historical developments in religious thought, e.g. attitudes to wealth and poverty and religious practices.
- Religion and Ethics: Religious and secular theories about what makes actions moral and immoral, ethical theories applied to moral issues, e.g. animal testing for medical research and debates whether or not humans have free will.
- Philosophy of Religion: Arguments for the existence of God, challenges to religious belief including the problem of evil and psychological challenges from Freud and Jung, religious experience and religious language.
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Studying this course allows you to understand the deeper meanings and ideologies that civilisation is built on. It helps us to grasp concepts that are ages old to truly perceive the world in a new light.
Natalie Bosy - Bradford Forster Academy
Religious Studies
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