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AQA A-Level Religious Studies 7062
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Evil and Suffering
Religious Language
Self and Life After Death
Religious Experience
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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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Hinduism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeHinduism
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Islam: Dialogue with EthicsIslam
Islam: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityIslam
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Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation
- 2 subtopics
- 8 things to know
- Component 2
- Hinduism, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation covers
Hinduism: the encounter with western values in 19th-century India, the ideas of Ram Mohan Roy and Dayananda Saraswati, Vivekananda's Practical Vedanta, and how Hinduism in Britain has responded to secularisation. 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 2 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The Brahmo Samaj and the Arya SamajRecall questions on the challenges facing nineteenth-century Hinduism, Ram Mohan Roy and the Brahmo Samaj, Dayananda Saraswati and the Arya Samaj, and how the two reformers differed.Open →
- Practical Vedanta and Hinduism in Secular BritainRecall questions on Vivekananda's Practical Vedanta and the Ramakrishna Mission, and on how secularisation has changed religion in Britain and how Hinduism, including ISKCON, has responded.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What did Ram Mohan Roy emphasise as alternatives to the practices he rejected?
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What was the aim of the Brahmo Samaj movement?
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How did Dayananda Saraswati's view of the Upanishads differ from Ram Mohan Roy's?
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What is Practical Vedanta?
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What has replaced religion as the source of truth and moral values in the context of secularisation in Britain?
Process
What did Ram Mohan Roy reject, which movement did he found, and what was its aim?
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How did Dayananda differ from Roy, and what did Vivekananda found?
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Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Secular state vs Hindutva
Secular state: a state that does not favour one religion over another. Hindutva: the political ideology defining national identity in Hindu terms.
Sanatana dharma vs Hinduism
Sanatana dharma: the eternal order the tradition names itself by. Hinduism: the modern collective label applied from outside to those traditions.
Diaspora vs Migration
Diaspora: communities living outside the region of origin. Migration: the movement that created those communities.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What challenge did traditional Hindu beliefs and practices face in 19th century India?
Model answer
An encounter with western values brought through British colonial rule, which challenged traditional Hindu beliefs and practices.
- 2
What aspects of Hinduism did Ram Mohan Roy reject in his reform efforts?
Model answer
He rejected idol worship, polytheism and caste discrimination.
- 3
What did Ram Mohan Roy emphasise as alternatives to the practices he rejected?
Model answer
He emphasised monotheism and rational interpretation of Hindu scriptures.
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Which movement did Ram Mohan Roy found?
Model answer
The Brahmo Samaj movement.
- 5
What was the aim of the Brahmo Samaj movement?
Model answer
To purify Hinduism by returning to the Upanishads and removing what Ram Mohan Roy saw as later corruptions.
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Who founded the Arya Samaj?
Model answer
Dayananda Saraswati.
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Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation revision questions
- What does Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 2 subtopics: the brahmo samaj and the arya samaj and practical vedanta and hinduism in secular britain. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Hinduism: Religion and Secularisation organised?
- By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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