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Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies A120QS
Christianity: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsChristianity
Christianity: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeChristianity
Christianity: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtChristianity
Christianity: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityChristianity
Islam: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsIslam
Islam: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeIslam
Islam: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtIslam
Islam: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsJudaism
Judaism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeJudaism
Judaism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtJudaism
Judaism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityJudaism
Buddhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsBuddhism
Buddhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtBuddhism
Buddhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityBuddhism
Hinduism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsHinduism
Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeHinduism
Topic overviewBrahman and atman: monism, dualism and the Vedanta schoolsThe Trimurti, cyclical time, Vaishnavism and ShaivismKarma, samsara and the goal of mokshaVarnashramadharma: the four varnas and four ashramasThe status of the Dalits: Gandhi, Ambedkar and afterAhimsa from Jain roots to Gandhi's satyagraha
Hinduism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtHinduism
Hinduism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityHinduism
Sikhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsSikhism
Topic overviewGuru Nanak's background and the influences on his teachingGuru Nanak's revelation, teachings and the community at KartarpurGuru Gobind Singh and the founding of the KhalsaThe Guru Granth Sahib as living GuruThe Mul Mantar and the Japji SahibGuru Arjan and the empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Sikhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeSikhism
Sikhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtSikhism
Topic overviewKhalistan, persecution and the politics of the PunjabEquality of men and women in SikhismSikh attitudes to other faiths and interfaith dialogueSikhism, science and secularisationOrigins and development of the Sikh community in BritainMiri and piri, the kirpan and defending the oppressed
Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentitySikhism
Arguments for the Existence of God: Inductive
Arguments for the Existence of God: Deductive
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
Religious Belief as a Product of the Human Mind
Religious Experience
Topic overviewVisions and religious conversionMysticism, Teresa of Avila and the stages of prayerWilliam James's four marks and Otto's numinousChallenges to the authenticity of religious experienceThe value of religious experience for the individual and the communityDefining miracles and the Hume–Swinburne debate
Religious Language
Ethical Thought
Deontological Ethics
Topic overviewAquinas's four levels of law and the primary preceptsVirtues, goods and the moral act in AquinasNatural law applied: abortion and voluntary euthanasiaFinnis, the basic goods and practical reasonablenessHoose and the proportionalist debateFinnis and proportionalism applied: immigration and capital punishment
Teleological Ethics
Topic overviewFletcher's rejection of legalism and antinomianismThe working principles and the six propositionsSituation ethics applied: homosexual and polyamorous relationshipsBentham, utility and the hedonic calculusMill: higher pleasures, the harm principle and rulesUtilitarianism applied: animal experimentation and nuclear deterrence
Determinism
Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious Identity
- 6 subtopics
- 18 things to know
- Component 1
- Sikhism, one religion of six studied in Component 1
What Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious Identity covers
Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious Identity is examined in Component 1: A Study of Religion — one religion is chosen from six, so this topic is examined only if your centre teaches Sikhism. It covers the gurdwara, langar and Sikh worship, Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas, Vaisakhi and the birth of the Khalsa, the Rahit Maryada and the rahit-namas, Naam Japo, the names of God and the stages of liberation and Sikh bioethics: infertility and assisted reproduction.
Where it is assessed
Component 1
A Study of Religion, if Sikhism is the religion your centre teaches.
Check the Eduqas specification ↗The 6 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The gurdwara, langar and Sikh worshipWord gurdwārā, typical gurdwārā service and kaṛāh prashād.Open →
- Diwali and Bandi Chhor DivasSaid about the fifty-two rājās and spiritual meaning of the lamps.Open →
- Vaisakhi and the birth of the KhalsaA spring harvest festival that became the anniversary of the order of initiated Sikhs, and how it is kept now.Open →
- The Rahit Maryada and the rahit-namasSikh Rahit Maryādā and four cardinal prohibitions of the Rahit Maryādā.Open →
- Naam Japo, the names of God and the stages of liberationNām japṇā, anhad śabad and śabad Guru.Open →
- Sikh bioethics: infertility and assisted reproductionTeaching on marriage, children and the body applied to fertility treatment, and the range of positions Sikh scholars take.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What do Sikhs call the autumn festival, and what event does it commemorate?
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When does Vaisākhī fall, what was it before 1699, and what happened at Anandpur that year?
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What is the Sikh Rahit Maryādā?
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What is nām?
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What value does Sikhism place on marriage and family?
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What does the word gurdwārā mean?
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What do Sikhs call the festival that coincides with Divālī?
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When does Vaisākhī fall?
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How was the Rahit Maryādā produced?
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What is nām japṇā?
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How does Sikh teaching regard childlessness?
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What marks a building as a gurdwārā from outside?
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What event does Bandī Chhoṛ Divas commemorate?
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What did Vaisākhī mean before 1699?
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What is the SGPC?
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Why is nām japṇā called the quintessence of Sikh spirituality?
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Does Sikhism have a central authority to rule on bioethics?
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Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Bandī Chhoṛ Divas vs Hindu Divālī
Bandī Chhoṛ Divas: the autumn festival marking Guru Hargobind's release from Gwalior. Hindu Divālī: The autumn festival marking Rāma's return, or the worship of Lakṣmī.
Granthī vs Priest
Granthī: the person who reads and cares for the scripture, holding no sacerdotal office. Priest: An ordained office that Sikhism does not have, since any competent Sikh may lead worship.
Vaisākhī vs Bandī Chhoṛ Divas
Vaisākhī: the spring festival marking the founding of the order of initiated Sikhs. Bandī Chhoṛ Divas: The autumn festival marking Guru Hargobind's release from Gwalior.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What does the word gurdwārā mean?
Model answer
Gurdwārā means the doorway or the house of the Guru. Any building properly housing the Guru Granth Sāhib may be called one.
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What marks a building as a gurdwārā from outside?
Model answer
The nishān sāhib, a saffron flag bearing the khaṇḍā, flies outside. The flagpole is wrapped in cloth and the covering is replaced each Vaisākhī.
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How is the Guru Granth Sāhib housed in the prayer hall?
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The scripture rests on a raised platform called the takht, beneath a canopy. A granthī or any competent Sikh waves the chaur over it.
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Who may lead worship in a gurdwārā?
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Any competent Sikh may lead worship, whatever their caste or sex. Sikhism has no ordained priesthood at all.
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What is a granthī?
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A granthī is the reader and custodian of the Guru Granth Sāhib. The role is an office of service rather than a priesthood.
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What rules apply to anyone entering a gurdwārā?
Model answer
Shoes are removed, heads are covered and hands are washed before entry. Alcohol, tobacco and meat are not permitted on the premises.
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Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious Identity revision questions
- What does Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious Identity cover in Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies?
- 6 subtopics: the gurdwara, langar and sikh worship, diwali and bandi chhor divas, vaisakhi and the birth of the khalsa, the rahit maryada and the rahit-namas, naam japo, the names of god and the stages of liberation and sikh bioethics: infertility and assisted reproduction. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious Identity organised?
- By the Eduqas A120QS specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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