Key term
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
Islam: Dialogue with Philosophy
- 1 subtopics
- 8 things to know
- Component 2
- Islam, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Islam: Dialogue with Philosophy covers
Islam: how philosophy of religion and the tradition have shaped one another. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Islam as their chosen religion.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
Islam, one faith of five — the dialogue sections.
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What you need to know
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What criteria are applied when philosophically examining Muslim truth claims about other religions?
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With particular reference to what debate is the relevance of philosophical enquiry for religious faith examined?
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Which Muslim beliefs concerning human existence and its continuation are subject to philosophical scrutiny?
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What is philosophically examined regarding the relationship between scientific and religious discourses in Islam?
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What two questions does philosophical analysis ask about the meaningfulness of Muslim statements of faith?
Process
What tests of coherence and faith does philosophy apply to Muslim belief?
Process
What does the dialogue with philosophy involve, and what is disputed about faith?
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Kalam cosmological argument vs Design argument
Kalam cosmological argument: the argument that whatever begins to exist has a cause, and the universe began. Design argument: the argument from the order and purpose evident in the world.
Al-Ghazali vs Ibn Rushd
Al-Ghazali: the thinker who challenged the philosophers' claims about causation and eternity. Ibn Rushd: the thinker who defended philosophy and Aristotle against that challenge.
Occasionalism vs Secondary causation
Occasionalism: the view that God is the direct cause of every event. Secondary causation: the view that created things have real causal powers of their own.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What does the philosophical dialogue with Islam require from scholars?
Model answer
Critical analysis of the connections between Islamic beliefs and philosophical enquiry.
- 2
On what three criteria are Muslim beliefs about God philosophically examined?
Model answer
Their reasonableness, meaningfulness, and coherence.
- 3
Which Muslim beliefs concerning human existence and its continuation are subject to philosophical scrutiny?
Model answer
Beliefs about self, death and afterlife, examined for their reasonableness, meaningfulness, and coherence.
- 4
How do philosophers approach Muslim beliefs about sources of wisdom and authority?
Model answer
They examine these beliefs regarding their reasonableness, meaningfulness, and coherence.
- 5
What aspects of Muslim beliefs about religious experience are subject to philosophical examination?
Model answer
Their reasonableness, meaningfulness, and coherence.
- 6
What is philosophically examined regarding the relationship between scientific and religious discourses in Islam?
Model answer
The reasonableness, meaningfulness, and coherence of this relationship.
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- 1 subtopics: islam and philosophy: the dialogue. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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