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Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife

  • 6 subtopics
  • 18 things to know
  • Component 2
  • Christianity, one faith of five studied in Component 2

What Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife covers

Christianity: the self, the purpose of life, and what is held to follow death. 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 study of religion.

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The 6 subtopics

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What you need to know

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According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, what is the chief end of human beings?

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What do evangelical Christians mean by a personal relationship with God?

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What did Augustine mean by saying the human heart is restless until it rests in God?

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What is meant by the kingdom of God?

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How does liberation theology understand the purpose of Christian life?

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What is the criticism that Christianity offers pie in the sky?

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What is meant by the soul in Christian thought?

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How did Aquinas describe the relationship between soul and body?

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Which creed affirms belief in the resurrection of the body?

Process

How does Paul describe the resurrection body in 1 Corinthians 15?

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What does Paul say in 1 Corinthians 15:50 about flesh and blood?

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Why does Paul call Christ the first fruits?

Process

What pictures and understandings of heaven does Christianity offer?

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Distinguish particular judgement from the last judgement.

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Explain hell understood as eternal conscious punishment.

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How is purgatory increasingly presented in modern Catholic thought?

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What is meant by objective immortality in process thought?

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Explain what process thought means by the consequent nature of God.

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  1. 1

    According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, what is the chief end of human beings?

    Model answer

    To glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.

  2. 2

    Name three ways a Christian might glorify God in ordinary daily life.

    Model answer

    Through worship and prayer, through honest and loving conduct, and through using their talents in the service of others.

  3. 3

    What do evangelical Christians mean by a personal relationship with God?

    Model answer

    A conscious individual friendship with God through Christ, sustained by prayer, scripture and the work of the Holy Spirit.

  4. 4

    What is meant by being born again?

    Model answer

    A spiritual rebirth in which a person turns to Christ in faith and receives new life from the Spirit.

  5. 5

    What did Augustine mean by saying the human heart is restless until it rests in God?

    Model answer

    Human beings are made for God, so no created thing can finally satisfy them.

  6. 6

    Explain the belief that this life is a preparation for judgement.

    Model answer

    Christians hold they will answer to God for how they have lived, so the present life is the time for repentance, faith and faithful conduct.

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AExclusivism holds salvation is available only to Christians.
BInclusivism holds salvation is available through Christ to non-Christians.
CPluralism holds salvation is available through multiple religious paths.

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Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife revision questions

What does Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
6 subtopics: glorifying god and being born again, the kingdom of god and eschatology, the soul, nephesh and bodily resurrection, spiritual resurrection and 1 corinthians 15, judgement, the parousia and heaven and hell and purgatory and objective immortality. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
How is Christianity: Self, Death and the Afterlife organised?
By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.

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