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
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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: Religion and Secularisation
- 1 subtopics
- 8 things to know
- Component 2
- Islam, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Islam: Religion and Secularisation covers
Islam: the retreat of religion from public life, militant atheism and the response to materialism. 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 study of religion.
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What you need to know
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Key term
Which Muslim scholar, alongside Tariq Ramadan, is studied for his views on capital punishment?
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What dietary practices help Muslims maintain their identity in secular societies?
Key term
What view of religion does militant atheism present?
Key term
What debates arise when Muslims respond to materialistic secular values?
Key term
How do the positions of Tariq Ramadan and Sheikh Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi on capital punishment differ in their engagement with secular contexts?
Process
How do Muslims preserve identity under secularisation?
Process
What does secularisation do to religion's place, what does militant atheism claim, and how do Ramadan and Ash-Sharabasi differ on capital punishment?
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Secularism vs Islamism
Secularism: the separation of religion from the institutions of the state. Islamism: the movement seeking to order public life by Islamic principles.
Dar al-Islam vs Dar al-Harb
Dar al-Islam: the territory in which Islamic law prevails. Dar al-Harb: territory outside it, in classical juristic usage.
Cultural Muslim vs Practising Muslim
Cultural Muslim: identification with Muslim heritage without regular observance. Practising Muslim: one who observes the obligations of the faith.
Questions from this topic
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- 1
What happens to religion's public role under secularisation?
Model answer
Religion is relegated to the personal sphere, removing it from public and political life.
- 2
What view of religion does militant atheism present?
Model answer
Militant atheism presents the view that religion is irrational.
- 3
What debates arise when Muslims respond to materialistic secular values?
Model answer
Debates about the value of wealth and possessions.
- 4
Which ethical issue represents a key area where Muslim thought engages with secular values?
Model answer
Capital punishment.
- 5
Name one significant Muslim thinker whose ideas on capital punishment are studied in relation to secular challenges.
Model answer
Tariq Ramadan.
- 6
Which Muslim scholar, alongside Tariq Ramadan, is studied for his views on capital punishment?
Model answer
Sheikh Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi.
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- 1 subtopics: islam and secularisation. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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