Religious Studies

Challenging you to think deeply about some of the most profound questions in life. Religious Studies is an academic and demanding course, in which discussion plays an essential role. The A Level course promotes independent critical thought and the ability to construct arguments. It encourages you to develop an awareness of different ways of understanding the world as well as a deeper understanding of your own views and opinions.
• Philosophy of Religion: studies some of the classic arguments which attempt to prove the existence of God together with the philosophical challenges to these arguments. We will also consider the challenges to religious belief posed by psychology and science.
• Ethics: asks questions about what makes a right thing right and a wrong thing wrong. We also get to grips with some of the most pertinent ethical issues raised by euthanasia, business ethics and the nature of the conscience.
• Developments in Christian Thought: looks at how the religion began and its key beliefs such as the Trinity and life after death. It looks at new aspects of Christianity such as Feminist theology, Liberation theology and the Challenge of Secularism. It also considers the material in the Bible and asks where it came from and what status it has.