Section 4?

Question 1

What happens in the Vicar of Dibley? (3)

Answer 1

• Dibley needs a new vicar and is expecting a man vicar.
• Turns out the Vicar is a women and many people are against this.
• Over time she overcomes this and is successful as a Vicar.

Question 2

What reactions did people have to a female Vicar? (4)

Answer 2

• They think it is a joke and are very shocked by it.
• They don’t want her there as Jesus didn’t have any female disciples.
• They don’t want any change in the Church and want to take action against this.
• Some people were ready to accept her as a Vicar

Question 3

Was the programme fair and respectful to people’s beliefs? (5)

Answer 3

• No far some parts.
• The villages want to remove the Vicar and don’t want her as Vicar,however some religions accept women Vicar’s (Modern Liberal Protestants).
• Made it out as though religious people don’t support women’s rights.
• Refers to the modern Church as an experiment
• It gave honest opinions as to how people would respond as not everyone would want a woman Vicar.

Question 4

In your opinion, should women be priests in the Catholic Church? Why? (3)

Answer 4

• I do
• Men and women were both made in the image of God.
• Jesus treated women as his equal.

Question 5

Explain using a TV programme if it gave a fair point of view (C question)? (4)

Answer 5

• Women Vicar seen as an experiment.
• Not everyone is ready to accept women Vicar’s.
• Only gave point of view of Traditional Protestants who don’t accept women Vicar’s.
• The programme made out religious people as not supporting women’s rights.