Religion and Society Flashcards
Bible
The holy book of Christians
Decalogue
The Ten Commandments
The church
The community of Christians (with a small c, it means the Christian place of worship)
Conscience
An inner feeling of rightness and wrongness of an action
Situation Ethics
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do
Human rights
The rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled
Democratic process
The ways in which all citizens can take part in the government
Electoral process
The ways in which voting is organised
Political party
A group which tries to be elected into power on its policies
Pressure group
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue
Golden rule
The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others the way you would like them to treat you
Social change
The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibility of future change)
Global warming
The increase in the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere (thought to be cause by the greenhouse effect)
Natural resources
Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans
Conservation
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
Creation
The act of creating the universe, or the universe which has been created
Environment
The surroundings on which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live
Stewardship
Looking after something so that it can be passed on to the next generation
Artificial insemination
Injecting Semen into the uterus by artificial means
Embryo
A fertilised egg in the first eight week of conception
Infertility
Not being able to have children
IVF
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube
Surrogacy
An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another women or where an egg is fertilised by the man through IVF and then implanted in the women’s uterus
Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
