Key term
AQA A-Level Religious Studies 7062
Arguments for the Existence of God
Evil and Suffering
Religious Language
Self and Life After Death
Religious Experience
Ethical Theories
Issues of Human Life and Death
Meta Ethics
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Conscience
Bentham and Kant
Issues of Animal Life and Death
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Buddhism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion, Gender and SexualityBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and ScienceBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and SecularisationBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and Religious PluralismBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with PhilosophyBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with EthicsBuddhism
Buddhism: God and Ultimate RealityBuddhism
Buddhism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Expression of Religious IdentityBuddhism
Christianity: God and Ultimate RealityChristianity
Christianity: Self, Death and the AfterlifeChristianity
Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesChristianity
Christianity: Religion, Gender and SexualityChristianity
Christianity: Religion and ScienceChristianity
Christianity: Religion and SecularisationChristianity
Christianity: Religion and Religious PluralismChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with PhilosophyChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with EthicsChristianity
Topic overviewKant, Bentham, Virtue Ethics and Christian EthicsAgape, Consequences and Christian CharacterSanctity of Life, Just War and AnimalsEuthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in ChristianityTheft and Truth-TellingMarriage, Homosexuality and Transgender IssuesGenetic Engineering and WealthTolerance and Freedom of Religious ExpressionFree Will, Moral Responsibility and ConscienceCriticisms of Christian EthicsThe Credibility of Christian Moral AuthorityWhat Christianity Has Given Ethical Studies
Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityChristianity
Christianity: Expression of Religious IdentityChristianity
Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityHinduism
Hinduism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesHinduism
Hinduism: Religion, Gender and SexualityHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and ScienceHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and SecularisationHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and Religious PluralismHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with PhilosophyHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with EthicsHinduism
Hinduism: God and Ultimate RealityHinduism
Hinduism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeHinduism
Hinduism: Expression of Religious IdentityHinduism
Islam: God and Ultimate RealityIslam
Islam: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesIslam
Islam: Religion, Gender and SexualityIslam
Islam: Religion and ScienceIslam
Islam: Religion and SecularisationIslam
Islam: Religion and Religious PluralismIslam
Islam: Dialogue with PhilosophyIslam
Islam: Dialogue with EthicsIslam
Islam: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityIslam
Islam: Self, Death and the AfterlifeIslam
Islam: Expression of Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: God and Ultimate RealityJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with PhilosophyJudaism
Judaism: Religion and ScienceJudaism
Judaism: Religion and SecularisationJudaism
Judaism: Religion and Religious PluralismJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with EthicsJudaism
Topic overviewKant, Bentham and Jewish EthicsConsequences, Character and Jewish EthicsThe Mitzvot and Tikkun OlamSanctity of Life, Animals, Theft and LyingCapital Punishment, Euthanasia and Cloning in JudaismMarriage, Sexuality and Genetic EngineeringWealth, Tolerance and Religious Freedom in JudaismBechirah Chofshit: Free Will and ConscienceOther Ethical Traditions and Jewish EthicsWhat Ethical Criticism Means for Torah and Halakha
Judaism: Religion, Gender and SexualityJudaism
Judaism: Expression of Religious IdentityJudaism
Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityJudaism
Judaism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeJudaism
Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesJudaism
Buddhism: Religion and Secularisation
- 1 subtopics
- 8 things to know
- Component 2
- Buddhism, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Buddhism: Religion and Secularisation covers
Buddhism: the retreat of religion from public life, militant atheism and the response to materialism. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Buddhism as their chosen religion.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
Buddhism, one faith of five — the study of religion.
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What you need to know
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What three elements does the Forest Tradition emphasise as a response to secularisation?
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What position does Stephen Batchelor advocate regarding Buddhism?
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What happens to religion's place in society as a result of secularisation?
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What challenge does militant atheism present to Buddhism?
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How do Buddhists respond to materialistic secular values?
Process
What is secular Buddhism, and how does Buddhism claim social relevance?
Process
What would Batchelor's secular Buddhism remove, what does Brazier maintain, and what is at issue between them?
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Secularisation vs Secularism
Secularisation: the declining social significance of religious institutions. Secularism: the principle that the state should be neutral between religions.
Secular Buddhism vs Traditional Buddhism
Secular Buddhism: practice stripped of supernatural claims such as rebirth. Traditional Buddhism: practice retaining rebirth, merit and the cosmology of the canon.
Mindfulness in therapy vs Right mindfulness
Mindfulness in therapy: a technique extracted from Buddhist practice and used clinically. Right mindfulness: the path factor aimed at insight and liberation rather than wellbeing.
Questions from this topic
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In what way does secularisation challenge religion's role in society?
Model answer
Secularisation challenges religion by replacing it as the source of truth and moral values in society.
- 2
What happens to religion's place in society as a result of secularisation?
Model answer
Religion is relegated to the personal sphere rather than the public domain.
- 3
What challenge does militant atheism present to Buddhism?
Model answer
Militant atheism presents the view that religion is irrational, challenging Buddhism's validity as a belief system.
- 4
How do Buddhists respond to materialistic secular values?
Model answer
By examining the value of wealth and possessions from a Buddhist perspective, questioning attachment to material goods.
- 5
Which monastery represents the preservation of traditional Buddhism in Britain through the Forest Tradition?
Model answer
Amaravati monastery.
- 6
What three elements does the Forest Tradition emphasise as a response to secularisation?
Model answer
Monastic discipline, meditation practice, and simple living.
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