Religious Education Virtual Lessons
Course content
Relationships and Family
- Marriage and fidelity
- Divorce and remarriage
- Families and Polygamy
- Support for families
- Gender Roles, Equality and Inequality
Religion and Life/Death
- Issues in the Natural World
- The Afterlife
- Sanctity of Life, Abortion and Euthanasia
The Existence of God
- Design, First Cause, Cosmological Arguments
- Evil, Suffering and Science
- Visions, Miracles and Religious Experiences
- General and Special Revelation
Peace and Conflict
- Violence, Terrorism and Extremism
- Just War Theory, Holy War, Reasons for War
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Victims of War
Crime and Punishment
- Attitudes Towards Criminals, Crimes and Justice
Equality and Human Rights
Religious and non-religious beliefs
- Non-religious groups - ethical issues
Christianity
- Beliefs about creation
- The afterlife and judgement
- The incarnation and crucifixion of Jesus
- Jesus' resurrection and ascension
- Sin and salvation
- Christian worship and prayer
- The sacraments and baptism
- Pilgrimage
- The Eucharist
- The role of the Church in the local community
- Mission, evangelism and the future of the Church
Islam
- Angels, prophets and Risalah
- Death and the afterlife
- Sacred Text
- The Five Pillars and Ten Obligatory Acts
- Private and public worship
- Pilgrimage
- Festivals and Eid
- Jihad
Buddhism
- The Four Noble Truths
- The concept of Dharma and Human Destiny
- The Human Personality and The Three Marks Existence
- Buddhist Ethical Teachings
- Ceremonies, Festivals and Retreats
- Worship, Meditation and Visualisation
Hinduism
Judaism
- Ways of living
- Ceremonies, festivals and rituals
- Worship
- Covenants and moral principles
Sikhism
- Ways of living
- Worship, festivals and rituals
- Equality
Catholic Christianity
- The Nature of God
- Ways of living
- The Trinity
- Worship
- Festivals, rituals and ceremonies
