A Level Religious Studies Edexcel (Pearson)

A Level Religious Studies Edexcel

Dates Available

• Week 1: Monday 25 March – Friday 29 March
• Week 2: Monday 1 April – Friday 5 April
• Week 3: Monday 8 April – Friday 12 April

Boards

Edexcel (Pearson) 9RS0

Length of Course

8 hour seminars

Times

9am to 6pm daily

1: Philosophy of Religion

• Religious Language: analogy and symbol; verification and falsification debates; language games
• The work of scholars: critiques of religious belief; Russell and Copleston
• Influences of developments in religious belief: life after death across religious traditions; religion and science

2: Religion and Ethics

• Ethical Language: Meta-ethics; the relationship between religion and morality
• Deontology, virtue ethics and the work of scholars (Kant, Aristotle)
• Medical Ethics: beginning and ending of life issues

3: Study of Christianity

• Social and historical developments: science; secularisation; new movements in theology
• Works of scholars: Atonement theory; Karl Barth and John Hick
• Religion and Society: Pluralism and diversity; equality and discrimination – gender

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