AS Level Religious Studies Edexcel (Pearson)

AS Level Religious Studies Edexcel

Dates Available

• Week 1: Monday 28 March – Friday 1 April
• Week 2: Monday 4 April – Friday 8 April
• Week 3: Monday 11 April – Friday 15 April

Boards

Edexcel (Pearson) 9RS0

Length of Course

8 hour seminars

Times

9am to 6pm daily

1: Philosophy of Religion

• Philosophical issues and questions: Design Argument, Cosmological Argument, Ontological Argument
• The nature and influence of Religious Experience: The nature and types of religious experience, the argument for God’s existence from religious experience
• The problem of evil: the nature of the problem, responses to it (theodicies)

2: Religion and Ethics

• Significant issues/ debates in religion and ethics: The environment, Equality
• Ethical theories: Utilitarianism, Situation Ethics, Natural Moral Law
• Applied ethics: war and peace, sexual ethics

3: Study of Christianity

• Religious beliefs, values and teachings: the nature of God as personal and as Creator; The Trinity; The nature of the Church; Key Moral principles
• Sources of wisdom and authority: The Bible; The nature and role of Jesus
• The diversity of practice in the Eucharist: The diversity of practice in the Eucharist; The diversity of practice in creative expressions of religious identity

If any candidates require the AS Level AQA or OCR (reformed), they should contact the college.