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
Miracles
- 2 subtopics
- 8 things to know
- Component 1
What Miracles covers
Realist and anti-realist accounts of miracle, the violation definition, and the contrasting arguments of Hume and Maurice Wiles.
Where it is assessed
Component 1
Philosophy of religion and ethics, sat by everyone.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 2 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Realist and Anti-Realist Views of MiracleRecall questions on the realist and anti-realist accounts, the violation concept and Hume's definition.Open →
- Hume and Wiles on MiraclesRecall questions on the standpoint each takes, Hume's grounds for rejecting miracles and why Wiles holds that God would not intervene.Open →
What you need to know
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What does the natural event understanding of miracles claim?
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What is a natural law in the context of miracle discussions?
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From what standpoint does Hume approach the question of miracles, and how does this differ from Wiles's approach?
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Both Hume and Wiles conclude that miracle claims should not be accepted. What different reasons do they give for this shared conclusion?
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What is Wiles's concept of how God acts in the universe, and how does this contrast with traditional miracle accounts?
Process
Contrast the anti-realist account of miracle with the violation definitions.
Process
Compare Hume and Wiles on why miracles should be rejected.
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Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What does a realist view of miracles claim about their nature?
Model answer
That miracles are objective events that actually occur in the external world, independent of human perception or interpretation.
- 2
According to the anti-realist view, what determines whether something is a miracle?
Model answer
Human interpretation, perspective, or the meaning assigned to events by observers, rather than objective supernatural occurrences.
- 3
How does the violation concept define a miracle?
Model answer
As a transgression or suspension of a law of nature brought about by a divine being or supernatural power.
- 4
How did David Hume define a miracle?
Model answer
As a violation of the laws of nature caused by the volition of a deity or invisible agent.
- 5
Would Hume's definition of a miracle align with a realist or anti-realist view? Explain why.
Model answer
A realist view, because Hume's definition requires an actual violation of natural laws caused by a deity, implying an objective supernatural event.
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What does the natural event understanding of miracles claim?
Model answer
That miracles are not violations of natural law but are ordinary events interpreted as having special religious or spiritual significance.
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Miracles revision questions
- What does Miracles cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 2 subtopics: realist and anti-realist views of miracle and hume and wiles on miracles. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Miracles organised?
- By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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