Religion and Community Cohesion Flashcards
Community Cohesion
A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups
Discrimination
Treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity, gender, colour, sexuality or class
Inter-faith marriage
Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions
Prejudice
Judging someone before you know them
Sexism
Discrimination against people because of their gender (male or female)
Ethnic minority
A member of an ethnic group that is smaller than the majority group
Multi-ethnic society
Where many different different races and cultures live together in one society
Multi-faith society
Where many different religious groups live together in one society
Racial harmony
Different races living together happily
Racism
The belief that some races are superior to others
Religious freedom
Where people have the right to practise their religion and change their religion
Religious Pluralism
Accepting all religions as having an equal right to co-exist