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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
Buddhism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityBuddhism
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
Hinduism: God and Ultimate Reality
- 4 subtopics
- 14 things to know
- Component 2
- Hinduism, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Hinduism: God and Ultimate Reality covers
Hinduism: how ultimate reality is understood and described. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Hinduism as their chosen religion.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
Hinduism, one faith of five — the study of religion.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 4 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The TrimurtiRecall questions on the three deities and their functions, why Brahma is rarely worshipped and why Shiva as destroyer is not regarded as evil.Open →
- Vishnu and the AvatarsRecall questions on why Vishnu takes an avatar, how many are usually listed, which is still to come and the animal forms among them.Open →
- Nirguna Brahman and Neti NetiRecall questions on the definition of Brahman, what Nirguna Brahman means, why it cannot be described and the meaning of neti neti.Open →
- Saguna and Nirguna Brahman and the Kena UpanishadRecall questions on the Advaita and devotional accounts of Saguna and Nirguna Brahman and why each matters, and on the Kena Upanishad's teaching that Brahman lies beyond the known and the unknown.Open →
What you need to know
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Why is Shiva called the destroyer without being regarded as evil?
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Name the three main devotional traditions of Hinduism.
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Why, according to Hindu teaching, does Vishnu take an avatar?
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What does devotion to Krishna offer that devotion to Rama does not?
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How is the avatar idea sometimes used to explain other religions?
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Define Brahman.
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Why can Nirguna Brahman not be described?
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Define Saguna Brahman.
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State the Advaita account of the relationship between Saguna and Nirguna Brahman.
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Which Upanishad is the set text on Saguna and Nirguna Brahman?
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What follows from the Kena Upanishad for someone who claims to have understood Brahman?
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Why is Brahma no longer worshipped, and how do the three relate to Brahman?
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Which avatar is still awaited, why does Vishnu descend, and where does Krishna explain his descent?
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Name the three deities of the Trimurti and the function of each.
Model answer
Brahma creates, Vishnu preserves and Shiva destroys.
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Why is Brahma very rarely worshipped?
Model answer
His work of creation is regarded as finished, and myths tell of him losing his claim to worship, so he has almost no temples of his own.
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How is Vishnu's role of preserver understood?
Model answer
He sustains the ordered world and intervenes whenever dharma is in danger of collapse.
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Why is Shiva called the destroyer without being regarded as evil?
Model answer
His destruction clears away what is worn out so that renewal can follow, and he is also the compassionate ascetic who grants liberation.
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What does the image of Shiva as lord of the dance express?
Model answer
It shows creation, preservation, destruction, concealment and grace held together in a single figure whose dance is the rhythm of the universe.
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How does the Trimurti relate to Brahman?
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The three are personal expressions of the functions of the one Brahman rather than three separate ultimate beings.
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Hinduism: God and Ultimate Reality revision questions
- What does Hinduism: God and Ultimate Reality cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 4 subtopics: the trimurti, vishnu and the avatars, nirguna brahman and neti neti and saguna and nirguna brahman and the kena upanishad. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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