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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
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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
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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
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Christianity: Expression of Religious IdentityChristianity
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Hinduism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesHinduism
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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
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Judaism: Dialogue with PhilosophyJudaism
Judaism: Religion and ScienceJudaism
Judaism: Religion and SecularisationJudaism
Judaism: Religion and Religious PluralismJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with EthicsJudaism
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Hinduism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality
- 2 subtopics
- 8 things to know
- Component 2
- Hinduism, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Hinduism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality covers
Hinduism: changing thought on gender roles, marriage and sexuality. 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.
- Hindu Reform and the Status of WomenRecall questions on the contact with other views that shaped Hindu thinking on gender, the effect of secular government and the reformers involved.Open →
- Brahmacharya, Marriage, Sexuality and the Texts on WomenRecall questions on brahmacharya, marriage and divorce, Hindu views on homosexuality and the hijra, and the Manusmrti, stridharma and feminist readings of the Vedas and goddess imagery.Open →
What you need to know
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Which Hindu reformer contributed significantly to arguments over women's status and place within Hinduism?
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What economic rights did Ram Mohan Roy support for women?
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What is brahmacharya and which groups in Hindu tradition particularly practise it?
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What is the modern legal position on divorce in India?
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What does the hijra community represent within Hindu society?
Process
How have colonial rule, secular society and Indian law shaped Hindu thinking about women?
Process
How is marriage understood in Hinduism, and how permanent is it held to be?
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Stridharma vs Varnashramadharma
Stridharma: the duties traditionally prescribed for women. Varnashramadharma: duty determined by one's class and stage of life.
Shakti vs Devi
Shakti: the feminine divine power animating the cosmos. Devi: the Goddess in whom that power is personified.
Kama vs Moksha
Kama: pleasure, one of the four legitimate aims of life. Moksha: liberation from the cycle of rebirth, the final aim.
Questions from this topic
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- 1
What historical factor brought Hindu thinking about gender and sexuality into contact with different cultural perspectives?
Model answer
The British Empire's colonial rule in India brought encounter with western values and lifestyles that influenced Hindu thinking about gender and sexuality.
- 2
How have developments outside of religious contexts affected Hindu perspectives on gender?
Model answer
The changing roles of men and women in secular society outside of religion has influenced developments in Hindu thinking about gender.
- 3
What impact have secular governments in India had on Hindu attitudes towards women?
Model answer
Rights given to women by secular governments in India have influenced Hindu thinking about gender and the status of women.
- 4
Which Hindu reformer contributed significantly to arguments over women's status and place within Hinduism?
Model answer
Ram Mohan Roy.
- 5
What harmful practice against women did Ram Mohan Roy campaign to abolish?
Model answer
Sati (widow immolation).
- 6
What did Ram Mohan Roy advocate for regarding women's access to learning?
Model answer
He advocated for women's education.
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Hinduism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality revision questions
- What does Hinduism: Religion, Gender and Sexuality cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 2 subtopics: hindu reform and the status of women and brahmacharya, marriage, sexuality and the texts on women. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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- By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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