RE SEM 1 Exam Flashcards
Roles of religion
Provide meaning and purpose
Bring peace of mind about dying
Factors that affect how people interact with religion
Context of a person’s life
Experiences a person has in life
Awareness of religion changes it is influenced by…
Circumstances of a person’s life
How they encounter religion
Context of the world in which they live
Social factors
World focussed on material possessions
Historical issues that inform/colour how we view religion
Presence of social disadvantage/hardship
Social attitudes that promote, or mariginalise religion
People that direct how people should think in relation to a religion
Secularism
State and religion remain seperate, although they do interact.
Religious leaders participate in discussions about issues in society. - means people of different religions are equal before the law.
- is simply a framework for providing equality
Ways religion is viewed in society
Religion as a Belief system: answer Q’s on meaning and purpose.
Religion as a human invention: no basis of beliefs, used to manipulate
Religion as a functional agency: RE serves a useful purpose, good for health and wellbeing.
Religion as a political entity: RE represents groups of people with common interests. Believe religions are influential
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
A conviction about an idea central to a religion that expresses religious truth.
Define marriage
The matrimonial covenant by which a man and a woman establish a life long partnership of the whole of their life.
How Marriage developed over time.
- Early church - was a contractual agreement for sharing assets, most partners were chosen by the family and there was no consent given.
- Middle Ages - became a private affair + involved consent
- Council of Trent - became 1/7 sacraments
- Vatican II - more acceptance of ‘mixed marriages’
- Nowadays marriage is seen as a very important vocation, it is the relationship between man, woman and God. There is now a huge shift within some Catholic people and the belief that marriage should not be solely between a man and a woman is expressed, although the church is yet to accept same sex marriages. There is more freedom on the woman part etc.
Key features or beliefs of marriage
- it is an indissolvable bond ; it is lifelong and should remain unbroken.
- marriage is for procreation (“be fruitful and multiply”- genesis)
Council of Trent
- marriage became 1/7 sacraments
- clarified a number of issues ie. it’s unacceptable to have two wives.
Pressures on marriage today
- communication problems
- different ideas on husband and wife roles
- conflict with in laws
- financial issues
Why religions get involved in issues that create heat
Euthanasia- the deliberate, painless ending of a person’s life to end suffering. It is done through act or omission for compassionate reasons. WHY -
- if the conflict goes against religion belief or the outcome of the conflict causes a great issue then a religion may get involved.
- Religions promote peace so they will try to resolve conflict
- a religion may get involved because the religion is very concerned about the issue and implications for societies wellbeing
- euthanasia could be open for getting abused by some people
- catholics believe that only god has the authority to take life away and so the deliberate ending of a person’s life is not what god intended for the human race
How they get involved
- through discussions at ecumenical councils
- through religious leaders writing speeches which address how the church is going to go about resolving the issue
Repel religion plays in Australian society
- gathers the community through prayer
- contributes to legal issues, politics etc
Ways religion could respond to an issue
- engaging with faith networks to raise awareness, create action.
- religious leaders writing speeches on how the church is going to tackle issues
Research questions (what do they provide)
Frame the research
Focus Q’s (what they provide)
Guide the inquiry, make it more clear
Why or reason a religion develops
- theologians develop a deeper meaning of the belief
- cultural change shifts people’s response to a religious truth, resulting in change
1 process used by religion to develop a religious belief
- ecumenical councils ; called to debate topics that require attention. Result in documents that guide ch on dealing with the issue.
Reliability in sources
- are there enough participants?
- is the graph labelled correctly?
- was it random? Or was there bias
- is the source repeatable ?
Usefulness of a source?
- does the information give some understanding to the issue?
- is the info out of date?
