Religious Studies Paper 2 Key Words Flashcards
Bible
The holy books of Christians
Church
The community of Christians (church with a lower case ācā means a Christian place of worship)
Conscience
An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action
The Decalogue
The Ten Commandments
Democratic processes
The ways in which all citizens can take part in government (usually through elections)
Electoral processes
The ways in which voting is organised
The Golden Rule
The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you
Human rights
The rights and freedom to which everyone is entitled
Political party
A group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of its policies e.g. Labour, Conservative etc
Pressure group
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue
Situation ethics
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most living thing to do
Social change
The way in which society has changed and is changing (also the possibilities for future change)
Artificial insemination
Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means
Conservation
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
Creation
The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
Embryo
A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception
Environment
The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live
Global warming
The increase in the temperature pf the Earths atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect)
Infertility
Not being able to have children
In-vitro fertilisation (IVF)
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube
Natural resources
Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans
Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
Stewardship
Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation
Surrogacy
An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman
