Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B 1RB0
Catholic Christianity: Catholic BeliefsAny paper
Catholic Christianity: Living the Catholic LifeAny paper
Catholic Christianity: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Catholic Christianity: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Catholic Christianity: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Catholic Christianity: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Catholic Christianity: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Catholic Christianity: EqualityPaper 3
Christianity: Christian BeliefsAny paper
Christianity: Living the Christian LifeAny paper
Christianity: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Christianity: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Christianity: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Christianity: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Christianity: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Christianity: EqualityPaper 3
Islam: Muslim BeliefsAny paper
Islam: Living the Muslim LifeAny paper
Islam: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Islam: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Islam: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Islam: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Islam: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Islam: EqualityPaper 3
Buddhism: Buddhist BeliefsAny paper
Buddhism: Living the Buddhist LifeAny paper
Buddhism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Buddhism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Buddhism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Buddhism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Buddhism: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Buddhism: EqualityPaper 3
Hinduism: Hindu BeliefsAny paper
Hinduism: Living the Hindu LifeAny paper
Hinduism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Hinduism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Hinduism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Hinduism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Hinduism: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Hinduism: EqualityPaper 3
Judaism: Jewish BeliefsAny paper
Judaism: Living the Jewish LifeAny paper
Judaism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Judaism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Judaism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Judaism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Judaism: Religious ExperiencePaper 3
Judaism: EqualityPaper 3
Sikhism: Sikh BeliefsAny paper
Sikhism: Living the Sikh LifeAny paper
Sikhism: Marriage and the FamilyPaper 1
Sikhism: Matters of Life and DeathPaper 1
Sikhism: Crime and PunishmentPaper 2
Sikhism: Peace and ConflictPaper 2
Sikhism: Philosophy of ReligionPaper 3
Sikhism: EqualityPaper 3
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
Each one has its own page.
- Christian teaching on human rightsThe Universal Declaration, Proverbs 14:31 on the poor, Christian contributions to the history of rights, situation ethics, problems rights can cause for some Christians, and Humanist arguments.Open →
- Christian attitudes to equalityGalatians 3:23 to 29 on faith and equality, Genesis 1:27, the causes and problems of inequality, the Christian response, Jubilee 2000, and equality in the early Church.Open →
- Christian attitudes to religious freedomCatechism paragraphs 1738 and 1747, why Christians defend religious freedom, Church responses to a multi-faith society, its benefits and challenges, evangelism among other faiths, and non-religious criticism.Open →
- Christian attitudes to prejudice and discriminationThe Good Samaritan, Paul's meeting in Jerusalem in Galatians 2:1 to 10 and verse 6 on favouritism, why prejudice against other religions is wrong, Christians' own record of prejudice, and work against discrimination today.Open →
- Christian attitudes to racial harmony and the work of Desmond TutuJohn 13:34 applied to race, situation ethics, apartheid, Tutu's campaign against it, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the rainbow nation, and the benefits of a multi-ethnic society.Open →
- Christian attitudes to racial discriminationPaul on one human family in Acts 17:22 to 28, the harm racism does, what UK law says, Christians who once supported racism and those who fought it, racism inside the Church, and positive discrimination.Open →
- Christian attitudes to social justiceUnequal wealth worldwide and unequal opportunity in the UK, the Sheep and the Goats, how Christian attitudes to wealth developed, charity versus social justice, the common good, and the Trussell Trust.Open →
- Christian attitudes to wealth and povertyAbsolute and relative poverty and their causes, biblical warnings about wealth, whether being rich is wrong, Matthew 25:31 to 46, the rich young man, virtue ethics, and practical Christian responses.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What is discrimination, and what harm do prejudice and discrimination cause?
What are human rights, and where does the Universal Declaration come from?
What is equality?
What is religious freedom?
What is racial harmony?
What is racism?
What is social justice?
What is absolute poverty?
What does Galatians 3:28 say about equality?
What does paragraph 1738 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church teach about freedom?
What is prejudice?
What does John 13:34 teach?
What does Paul teach in Acts 17:26?
How is wealth distributed in the world?
What is relative poverty?
What are human rights?
What do Galatians 3:23–29 teach about faith and equality?
What does paragraph 1747 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church add about freedom?
What is discrimination?
How do Christians use John 13:34 to promote racial harmony?
How does Acts 17:22–28 challenge racial discrimination?
How is opportunity unequally distributed in the UK?
What are some causes of poverty in the UK?
Take Christianity: Equality further
The same content, four other ways.
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.
- 1
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.
- 2
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Model answer
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.
- 3
Why do Christians support human rights?
Model answer
Christians believe every person is made in the image of God and has equal dignity. Human rights protect that God-given dignity.
- 4
What does Proverbs 14:31 teach?
Model answer
Proverbs 14:31 says whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker. Whoever is kind to the needy honours God.
- 5
How do Christians use Proverbs 14:31 to support human rights?
Model answer
Christians see mistreating any person as an insult to the God who made them. Protecting people's rights is a way of honouring God.
- 6
How have Christians contributed to the history of human rights?
Model answer
Christian campaigners such as William Wilberforce fought to abolish slavery. Christians helped draft modern human rights law after 1945.
What is inside Levo
Six ways to work the same material.
Christianity: Equality revision questions
- 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.
- How is Christianity: Equality organised?
- By the Edexcel 1RB0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
Every question in Christianity: Equality, on a schedule.
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