Issues of relationships Flashcards
Define adultery
Having consensual sex with someone who isn’t your partner/ spouse.
Define divorce
Legally ending a marriage
Define cohabitation
Living in a sexual relationship without being married or in a civil partnership
Define commitment
Making and keeping a promise to someone or something, e.g marriage vows
Define contraception
Methods used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant after sexual intercourse, e.g, condom
Define gender equality
When people of all genders enjoy the same rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives
Responisbilities
Duties/ actions you are expected to carry out, such as looking after your family
Roles
The position of a person as well as the characteristics of them, e.g, a police officer should obey the law
Christian marriage teachings
- Marriage is a sacrament (Catholics)
- “They shall become one flesh”
- Marriage is a very powerful bond and is lifelong
Islam marriage teachings
- Marriage is a gift from Allah
- your spouses are a garment for you as you are for them”
- Many Muslims accept arranged marriages, as families can get to know each other
Christian cohabitations teachings
- Bible heavily implies this is wrong
- each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.”
- could lead to sex outside marriage which is a sin
- flee from sexual immorality
- do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
Christian adultery/sex before marriage teachings
-10 commandments-> “You shall not commit adultery”
-“Do you not know your body is a temple of the Holy spirit?”
-Any kind of pre-martial sex is a sign of impurity and is a sin
-adultery is seen to be harmful to the marriage
flee from sexual immorality
Fidelity
Being faithful and sexually faithful to your relationship
Chastity
Refraining from immoral sex, or sex as a whole
Muslim cohabitation teachings
Doesn’t mention in the Qu’ran but goes against Muslim teachings
- Could lead to pre-martial sex which is haram
- “Do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse”
Muslim sex before marriage/ adultery teachings
- “Do not approach unlawful intercourse”
- Sex is seen as a gift from Allah and sexual relationships should be restricted to marriage between a man and a woman
- And come not near unto adultery. Lo! It is an abomination and an evil way.
- Some Muslim women believe that the wearing of a religious garment, like the burka, is a way of protecting themselves from what they see as an over-sexualised society.
Divorce and remarriage teachings Christian
- What God has joined together, let no man separate
- Catholics don’t accept divorce unless partner has died
- The Church of England does not encourage divorce but it is allowed if the marriage has truly broken down. Someone who is divorced can now remarry in an Anglican church.
- Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery
anulment
a court order that ends a marriage
Islam divorce teachings
-Is permitted, but detested by Allah
-After a permitted divorce, Islam requires a three-month waiting period (called the iddah) before the divorce is finalized.
Reconciliation is the main aim
During this time, the couple continues to live under the same roof but sleeps apart.
-“The most detestable of lawful things before Allah is divorce.”-Prophet Mohammad pbuh
Sex/ contraception teachings Christian
“Be fruitful and multiply”- Sex is for procreation and contraception stops that
- Could influence immoral behaviour such as promiscuity
- Artificial contraceptions are not allowed because it goes against the natural law ( Thomas aquinas) and defeats the whole purpose of sex being sacred and for reproducing
Sex/ Contraception teachings Islam
- Many Muslims see it as their duty to have children and one of the aims of marriage is the conception and raising of children. However, most Islamic scholars agree that Islam allows contraception if both partners consent, contraceptions which could harm the body are not permitted such as sterilisation.
- Prophet Muhammad ( pbuh ) wives used contraception
Same-sex relationships Christian teachings
Some Christians oppose same-sex couples,
-“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman”
Pope says “ a father is not the same as a mother”
Quakers/protestants are more accepting- “Love thy neighbour”
St Paul’s letters condemn homosexuality as ‘unrighteous’
God made Adam and Eve in the beginning to carry on humanity by reproducing, “ be fruitful and multiply”, same-sex couples cannot do this
Sodom and Gommorah
Same sex teachings Islam
Generally speaking, Islam does not tolerate homosexuality, they believe that sex should only take place with a man and a woman
It’s only haram to act on homosexuality
“You approach men with desire as women; you are transgressing people”
Gender equality Christian views
Traditional views- “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord”
-Jesus only had male disciples
Liberal views-There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
We were all made in God’s image
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.