religion, human rights and social justice 8

Question 1

3 human rights

Answer 1

• no one held in slavery
• right to education
• everyone equal

Question 2

gender and class prejudice and discrimination in church

Answer 2

• Good Samaritan
• “disgraceful for women to speak in church”
• Catholic Church - women cant be priests
• dont allow homosexuals to get married

Question 3

rights for equal religions - organisation

Answer 3

Freedom Of Religious Expression (no one can be forced to join a religion)

Question 4

racial prejudice teachings

Answer 4

“neither jew nor gentile, nor male nor female, for you are all one in Jesus Christ”

Race Relations Act 2000 (racial discrimination illegal)

Question 5

Christian teachings abt wealth

Answer 5

• Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus - ends with rich man in hell for not sharing his money with the beggar
• “for the love of money is the root of all evil”
• “you cannot serve both money and god”
• its harder for a rich man to go to heaven that a camel through the eye of the needle

Question 6

poverty teachings

Answer 6

• ‘do not exploit the poor because they are poor’ - fair pay.
  love your neighbour as yourself
• rich man and laz - help the poor - heaven
• good samartian
• parable of the sheeo and the goats

over 800 mil ppl living in poverty worldwide

Question 7

example of aid (long and short term)

Answer 7

Send A Cow Charity - christians give a cow to a family in need - assisted over 100mil families

christianAID charity - helps ppl with life threatening diseases

Question 8

christian view on social justice - 2 srts

Answer 8

• love your neighbour as yourself
• parable of the sheep and goats

Question 9

how to reduce poverty

Answer 9

• fair pay
• debt reductions
• prevent ppl trafficing