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Christianity: Equality

  • 8 subtopics
  • 24 things to know
  • Paper 3
  • Paper 3, Religion, Philosophy and Social Justice, for the religion studied in this area. Two of the three areas are taken, each through a different religion

What Christianity: Equality covers

Christianity: Equality is examined in Paper 3, Area of Study 3: Religion, Philosophy and Social Justice, if Christianity is the religion studied for that area. A student who studies Christianity may not study Catholic Christianity in their other area. It covers Christian teaching on human rights, Christian attitudes to equality, Christian attitudes to religious freedom, Christian attitudes to prejudice and discrimination, Christian attitudes to racial harmony and the work of Desmond Tutu, Christian attitudes to racial discrimination, Christian attitudes to social justice and Christian attitudes to wealth and poverty.

Where it is assessed

Paper 3

Area of Study 3, Religion, Philosophy and Social Justice, if this is the religion studied for that area.

Check the Pearson Edexcel specification ↗

The 8 subtopics

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What you need to know

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How do Christians differ over individual human rights, and what do Humanists believe?

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What is discrimination, and what harm do prejudice and discrimination cause?

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What are human rights, and where does the Universal Declaration come from?

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What is equality?

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What is religious freedom?

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What is racial harmony?

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What is racism?

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What is social justice?

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What is absolute poverty?

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What does Galatians 3:28 say about equality?

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What does paragraph 1738 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church teach about freedom?

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What is prejudice?

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What does John 13:34 teach?

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What does Paul teach in Acts 17:26?

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How is wealth distributed in the world?

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What is relative poverty?

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What are human rights?

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What do Galatians 3:23–29 teach about faith and equality?

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What does paragraph 1747 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church add about freedom?

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What is discrimination?

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How do Christians use John 13:34 to promote racial harmony?

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How does Acts 17:22–28 challenge racial discrimination?

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How is opportunity unequally distributed in the UK?

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What are some causes of poverty in the UK?

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

  • Racial harmony vs Positive discrimination

    Racial harmony: people of different ethnic backgrounds living together peacefully and with respect. Positive discrimination: favouring a disadvantaged group to make up for past unfairness.

  • Virtue ethics vs Situation ethics

    Virtue ethics: morality based on developing good character traits such as generosity. Situation ethics: morality based on doing the most loving thing in each case.

  • Human rights vs Religious freedom

    Human rights: basic entitlements owed to every person simply for being a person. Religious freedom: the liberty to hold, practise or change one's faith, or to have none.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

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    What are human rights?

    Model answer

    Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms every person has simply because they are human. Examples include the right to life, freedom of belief and education.

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    What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

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    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948. The declaration was drawn up after the horrors of the Second World War.

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    Why do Christians support human rights?

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    Christians believe every person is made in the image of God and has equal dignity. Human rights protect that God-given dignity.

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    What does Proverbs 14:31 teach?

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    Proverbs 14:31 says whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker. Whoever is kind to the needy honours God.

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    How do Christians use Proverbs 14:31 to support human rights?

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    Christians see mistreating any person as an insult to the God who made them. Protecting people's rights is a way of honouring God.

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    How have Christians contributed to the history of human rights?

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    Christian campaigners such as William Wilberforce fought to abolish slavery. Christians helped draft modern human rights law after 1945.

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What does Christianity: Equality cover in Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B?
8 subtopics: christian teaching on human rights, christian attitudes to equality, christian attitudes to religious freedom, christian attitudes to prejudice and discrimination, christian attitudes to racial harmony and the work of desmond tutu, christian attitudes to racial discrimination, christian attitudes to social justice and christian attitudes to wealth and poverty. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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