4 Dialogue between religious and non-religious beliefs and attutudes

Question 1

what does establishment mean

Answer 1

the church has links with the state and government (law, military and the Education
system)

Question 2

In the UK, who is head of state and Defender of Faith?

Answer 2

King Charles III

Question 3

State 3 roles of the Supreme Governor of the Church of England?

Answer 3

approves points of senior clerics
opens new sections of general synod
keeps the vows to maintain the church

Question 4

what is the role of bishops within the houses of parliament

Answer 4

they are appointed to the house of lords
26 bishops of the churches of england are appointed to the HOL

Question 5

three examples of christian services to mark important events

Answer 5

marriage, funeral, baptism

Question 6

list four christian events that are marked by pblic holidays

Answer 6

christmas day (birth of Jesus)
bocking day( linked to christmas)
Good Friday (Jesus crucified)
Easter (Jesus raised from the dead)

Question 7

the humanist attitude towards church schools

Answer 7

humanists are generaly against them becuase of the idea that they only allow the richest church familys within the school and taht if they want faith schools, they should fund themselves

Question 8

secularisation

Answer 8

the process that religion should not be involved within the governing of a country

Question 9

Evidence for secularisation in society

Answer 9

religious teaching in organisations are no longer respected
religion is more a private matter and less in the public eye

Question 10

Processes, that occur in the modernisation, which have a direct influence on the decline of religion

Answer 10

rationalisation: people wanting to have a logical explanation
differentiation:society devolved institutions, government schools
decline of community: religion used to be at the heart of the communities and now it is irrelevant within them as everything is run by the state

Question 11

Why do some people do not agree that secularisation is happening?

Answer 11

the nature of religious importance i changing
religion has lost its apele
most people still hold religious beliefs
minority ethnic groups are still prominent

Question 12

humanism

Answer 12

a way of seeing and reacting to the world using science, logic and reason, and rejecting religious beliefs and ideas

Question 13

three central principles of humanism

Answer 13

the concern for people and animals based on reason and not because there was a divine authority

scientific views on the universe

the need for each person to create meaning in there own lives

Question 14

Two potential clashes between religious and secular values in education

Answer 14

British Humanist Association:
opposes religious worship
not allowed religious conshiouse

National Secular Society
not against religion against the idea of the state encouraging religion

all things should be taught religious and nonreligious

Question 15

differance between a civil marriage and a christian marriage

Answer 15

the marriage cermony for the civil marriage cannot have any readings from the bible or songs or any religiouse context

Question 16

a christian denmontaion that recognises the validity of a civil marriage between the same sex

Answer 16

anglicans

Question 17

state how the catholic teaching on divorce is different from the law on divorce

Answer 17

for catholics marriage is a promise to god and cannot be broken ( unless you have an annulment)