Community Cohesion

Question 1

How have women’s and men’s roles changed?

Answer 1

• More women at work, more socially acceptable for stay-at-home dads, women have kids later in life
• The right to vote
• The two world wars-entered the workplace
• Changes to laws-sex discrimination act 1975

Question 2

What are the Bible teachings on the role of women?

Answer 2

• WOMEN ARE EQUAL=’there can be neither male or female,you are all in one Christ’, on Easter Sunday Jesus appeared to a woman first, man and woman are equal (Adam and Eve), women did as much as men to spread Gospel
• WOMEN ARE INFERIOR=God created man first, 12 male disciples, St. paul said “wives be subject to your husbands”, women better suited to motherhood roles

Question 3

What are the Catholic attitudes towards women in Church?

Answer 3

• Can do everything except be a priest
• Men and women equally created in Genesis
• Imago Dei
• But cannot be priest because male represents Jesus in mass

Question 4

What are th did protestant attitudes towards women in the church?

Answer 4

Traditional Protestant-women minimal role, all male disciples, male was created first, Bible references say women were inferior
Modern Protestants-can do anything including being priests, Bible says women are equal so they should have the same roles, woman and man equal, there were possibly women priests in early days of Christianity

Question 5

What are the benefits of a multi-ethnic society?

Answer 5

• Fill job vacancies
• Bring new skills and strong ethic so economy benefits
• Learn from other cultures (food,language etc)
• When multi-ethnic countries work together there is less racism

Question 6

What are the problems with a multi-ethnic society?

Answer 6

• Employers may not give jobs to ethnic groups
• Drain on benefits
• Ethnic minorities can turn to crime
• Pressure on services like schools and health
• Housing shortages

Question 7

What are the benefits of a multi-faith society?

Answer 7

• Learn about other religions, develops a great tolerance
• Can make people take their religion more seriously
• Religious celebrations unite communities together
• The more you know about a faith the less violent societies are

Question 8

What are the problems of a multi-faith society?

Answer 8

• Coversion;seen as responsibility to convert, it is part of their religion
• Interfaith marriage;where the marriage will be where and how funeral
• Bringing up children;problem to which school to go or which faith

Question 9

How does the government help with community cohesion?

Answer 9

• Race relations Act;against law to discriminate
• Fund research on how to improve community cohesion
• Schools teach cc
• Judges and ministers appointed from ethnic minorities

Question 10

Why does the government promote community cohesion?

Answer 10

• A lack of cohesion can lead to violent countries
• Lack of cc can lead to ghettoisation
• Lack of cc believed to led to 7/7 bombing
• Without it the world would be in chaos

Question 11

Why do Catholics promote racial harmony?

Answer 11

• Good Samaritan
• Golden Rule
• Parable of sheep and goats
• Catholic means ‘universal’ so catholics embrace this
• We’re all equal in Gods image

Question 12

Why do Catholics work to help asylum seekers and immigrants?

Answer 12

• Good Samaritan
• Golden Rule
• Sheep and Goats “Feed the hungry..welcome strangers”

Question 13

What does the Catholic Church do to help asylum seekers and immigrants?

Answer 13

• Leaflets on how to obtain health care
• English language classes
• Legal advice clinics
• Mass in mother tongue
• Donating household items

Question 14

What are the Christian attitudes to other religions?

Answer 14

• Exclusivism; Believe that Christianity is the only way to God and that all other faiths are wrong
• Inclusivism; catholics believe that non-Christians are searching for God so their religion has value and can go to heaven but only Roman Catholic has full truth
• Pluralism; believe that all religions are equal we are just seeking God in different ways and we can all reach heaven

Question 15

How do religions work to promote community cohesion?

Answer 15

• Finding common ground; Christians and Jews believe in many of the same things so they don’t need to convert each other
• Help with interfaith marriages; websites offer support, joint wedding services for mixed faith couples
• Help bring up children; RE teaches about faiths in schools, different sacraments
• Projects; shared meals, inviting different faiths to religious celebrations