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Christianity: Dialogue with Philosophy

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  • Component 2
  • Christianity, one faith of five studied in Component 2

What Christianity: Dialogue with Philosophy covers

Christianity: how philosophy of religion and the tradition have shaped one another. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Christianity as their chosen religion.

Where it is assessed

Component 2

Christianity, one faith of five — the dialogue sections.

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The 1 subtopics

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What you need to know

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What does the dialogue between Christianity and philosophy examine?

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What does the philosophical dialogue with Christianity address regarding science and religion?

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How might philosophical enquiry challenge the coherence of Christian beliefs?

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In what two directions does the dialogue between Christianity and philosophy flow?

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Which aspects of God does the philosophical dialogue with Christianity address?

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What concepts relating to self, death and the afterlife are addressed in the philosophical dialogue with Christianity?

Process

What does philosophy ask of scripture, religious experience and other faiths?

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What does philosophy ask about miracles, reasonableness and meaning?

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

  • Natural theology vs Revealed theology

    Natural theology: knowledge of God reached by reason from the world. Revealed theology: knowledge of God given through scripture and revelation.

  • Ontological argument vs Cosmological argument

    Ontological argument: an a priori argument from the concept of God to God's existence. Cosmological argument: an a posteriori argument from the existence of the universe.

  • Omnipotence vs Omniscience

    Omnipotence: the attribute of being all-powerful. Omniscience: the attribute of knowing all things.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    What does the dialogue between Christianity and philosophy examine?

    Model answer

    The two-way relationship, across history, between changes in Christian belief and the philosophical study of religion.

  2. 2

    In what two directions does the dialogue between Christianity and philosophy flow?

    Model answer

    Christian belief has influenced philosophical studies of religion, and philosophical studies have influenced Christian belief.

  3. 3

    Which aspects of God does the philosophical dialogue with Christianity address?

    Model answer

    Divine attributes, existence, and nature.

  4. 4

    What concepts relating to self, death and the afterlife are addressed in the philosophical dialogue with Christianity?

    Model answer

    Concepts of soul, resurrection, and immortality.

  5. 5

    What does the philosophical dialogue with Christianity examine regarding sources of wisdom and authority?

    Model answer

    The nature and authority of scripture and tradition.

  6. 6

    What philosophical questions arise concerning religious experience in dialogue with Christianity?

    Model answer

    Questions of validity, interpretation, and evidential value of religious experiences.

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What does Christianity: Dialogue with Philosophy cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
1 subtopics: christianity and philosophy: the dialogue. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
How is Christianity: Dialogue with Philosophy organised?
By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.

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