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Christianity: Matters of Life and Death

  • 8 subtopics
  • 24 things to know
  • Paper 1
  • Paper 1, Religion and Ethics, for the religion studied in this area. Two of the three areas are taken, each through a different religion

What Christianity: Matters of Life and Death covers

Christianity: Matters of Life and Death is examined in Paper 1, Area of Study 1: Religion and Ethics, 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 responses to the Big Bang and the value of the universe, the sanctity of life in Christian teaching, Christian responses to evolution and the origins of human life, Christian attitudes to abortion, Christian arguments for life after death, Christian responses to non-religious arguments against life after death, Christian attitudes to euthanasia and hospice care and Christian responses to environmental issues and animal rights.

Where it is assessed

Paper 1

Area of Study 1, Religion and Ethics, if this is the religion studied for that area.

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The 8 subtopics

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What you need to know

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What is the Big Bang theory, and who first proposed it?

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How do most Christians reconcile the Big Bang with belief in God?

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Why do some Christians reject the Big Bang, and why do Christians value the universe?

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What does the sanctity of life mean?

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What is the theory of evolution?

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What is abortion?

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How does the resurrection of Jesus support Christian belief in life after death?

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What is the comfort argument against life after death?

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What is euthanasia?

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What is stewardship?

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How does Genesis 1:27 support the sanctity of life?

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What is natural selection?

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What is the pro-life position?

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What does Ephesians 2:1–10 teach about new life?

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How do Christians respond to the comfort argument?

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What is voluntary euthanasia?

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How do Christians respond to pollution?

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How does Genesis 2:7 show that human life is special?

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What does survival of the fittest mean?

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What is the pro-choice position?

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What are remembered lives?

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What is the lack of evidence argument?

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What is non-voluntary euthanasia?

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How do Christians respond to global warming?

Take Christianity: Matters of Life and Death further

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

  • Evolution vs Creationism

    Evolution: the development of species over millions of years by natural selection. Creationism: the belief that God made each kind of creature directly, as Genesis describes.

  • Hospice vs Euthanasia

    Hospice: a place caring for dying people without hastening death. Euthanasia: deliberately ending a life to relieve suffering.

  • Big Bang theory vs Evolution

    Big Bang theory: the scientific account of the universe expanding from a hot, dense point. Evolution: the development of species over millions of years by natural selection.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    What is the Big Bang theory?

    Model answer

    The Big Bang theory is the scientific explanation that the universe began about 13.8 billion years ago. All matter expanded rapidly from an extremely hot, dense point.

  2. 2

    Who was Georges Lemaître?

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    Georges Lemaître was a Belgian Catholic priest and physicist. Lemaître proposed in 1927 that the universe is expanding, and in 1931 that it began from a “primeval atom”.

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    Why is Lemaître important to Christian responses to the Big Bang?

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    Lemaître showed that a Christian could develop the Big Bang theory. Many Christians see his work as proof that science and faith need not conflict.

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    How do many Christians reconcile the Big Bang with belief in God?

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    Many Christians believe God caused the Big Bang and guided what followed. Science explains how the universe began, and faith explains why.

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    Why do some Christians reject the Big Bang theory?

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    Some creationist Christians read Genesis as a literal account of six days. The Big Bang seems to them to contradict the Bible.

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    Why do Christians believe the universe has value?

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    Christians believe God made the universe and saw that it was good. The universe reflects the glory of its creator.

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What does Christianity: Matters of Life and Death cover in Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B?
8 subtopics: christian responses to the big bang and the value of the universe, the sanctity of life in christian teaching, christian responses to evolution and the origins of human life, christian attitudes to abortion, christian arguments for life after death, christian responses to non-religious arguments against life after death, christian attitudes to euthanasia and hospice care and christian responses to environmental issues and animal rights. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
How is Christianity: Matters of Life and Death organised?
By the Edexcel 1RB0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.

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