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Theme 1 - Issues of Relationships Flashcards

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Adultery

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Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse

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Divorce

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To legally end a marriage

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Cohabitation

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To live together in a sexual relationship without being married or in a civil partnership

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Commitment

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A sense of dedication and obligation to someone or something

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Contraception

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Methods used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant during or following sexual intercourse

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Gender equality

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People of all genders enjoying the same rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives

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Responsibilities

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Acts/duties you are expected to carry out

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Roles

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Position, status or function of a person in society, as well as the characteristics and social behaviour expected of them

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What is the most common type of family in modern Britain?

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The nuclear family

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Nuclear family

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Consists of two parents and one or more children all living in the same house

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Extended family

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Consists of different relatives all living together

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Reconstituted family

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Made up of a mix of step-parents and step-children

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Some divorced adults may choose to remarry or live in a co-habiting relationship. This may lead to the creation of a…

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reconstituted family

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Single parent family

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Where one parent raises one or more children alone

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The number of single parent families has continued to rise/fall in modern Britain as a result of an increasing/decreasing rate of divorce

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rise, increasing

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Childless family

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Where a married or co-habiting couple are either unable to have children naturally or decide not to have children

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17
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What type of couples are often a childless family?

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Same-sex

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Give 2 examples of roles and responsibilities within a family

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Any from caring for children or elderly relatives, maintaining the family home, earning money, cooking, etc

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In religious practice, parents can/are expected to take their children to a place of worship

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are expected to

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For many religious believers, those who share in their faith are regarded as what type of family?

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An extended family

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True/False: In Christianity, marriage is regarded as god given

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True

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What is regarded as the best basis for creating an environment into which children should be born according to Christianity?

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Marriage

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23
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In Christianity, marriage is regarded as a lifelong __________

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commitment

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Inter-faith marriage

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Where two people of different faiths marry

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Give 2 examples of issues raised by inter-faith marriage

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Any 2 from dietary rules, expectations about gender roles, religious beliefs about marriage and moral issues for example contraception, what religion should children be raised in and what should they be told about the afterlife, festivals to celebrate, etc

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What is the Christian attitude to cohabitation?

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It is traditionally prohibited, however, some Christians have become more tolerant and accepting of this. However some still disagree as they believe it devalues the sacred nature of sex which should only take place within marriage

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The Catholic Church do/do not accept cohabitation

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do not

28
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The Catholic Church do/do not expect a couple to not have sex before marriage

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Do

29
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What is the Christian attitude towards adultery?

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It is wrong and forbidden in the Ten Commandments

30
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What is reconciliation

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When people argue or are in conflict in a marriage and make up

31
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Give 3 examples of pressures on marriage

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Any 3 from lack of communication/appreciation, unemployment, alcohol/financial/sexual problems, affairs, religious differences, lack of children, personality differences, etc

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The Catholic Church does/does not recognise divorce

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does not

33
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How does the Catholic Church regard divorce?

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As a lifelong commitment

34
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How do Christians (besides Catholics) regard divorce?

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They mostly accept it however not all accept remarriage after divorce

35
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Annulment

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When a court says your marriage os domestic partnership

36
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What is the only acceptable way that a marriage can be dissolved according to the Catholic Church?

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Annulment

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Remarriage

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Where a person who has previously divorced decides to marry again

38
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Promiscuity

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Having a number of sexual relationships

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Fidelity

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Two people being sexually faithful to each other

40
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Procreation

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Reproduction

41
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Christians believe that sex should generally take place within…

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marriage

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Why do Christians believe that sex should generally take place within marriage?

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It is a gift from God and is holy and sacred

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Casual sex is accepted/not accepted in Christianity

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not accepted

44
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Chastity

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The state in which a person does not have sexual relationships until married

45
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Celibacy

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When a person decides never to have a sexual relationship

46
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Most Protestants believe/do not believe in the use of different forms of contraception

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believe

47
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The Catholic Church agrees with/opposes artificial methods of contraception

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opposes

48
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Do all Catholics not use contraception?

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No, many Catholics find this particular teaching very difficult to follow and will instead follow their conscience

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Same-sex marriage can/cannot currently take place in Christian Churches

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cannot

50
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Why do many Christians oppose same-sex marriage?

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On biblical grounds

51
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Why do many Christians support same-sex marriage?

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They believe that the passages in the bible that discuss it don’t apply in today’s society

52
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The Catholic Church allow/prohibit same-sex marriage

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prohibit

53
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Why do the Catholic Church prohibit same-sex marriage?

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It believes that sexual relationships should only exist between a man and a woman in marriage

54
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Christians believe that all humans are created in the image of God, so…

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every human life is equal and sacret

55
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In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus taught that…

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you should not discriminate

56
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What did Jesus’ actions show about the roles of women and men in worship and authority?

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He respected women and had women amongst his closest followers, which would have been very unusual at the time

57
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In today’s society, men and woman are more _____

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equal

58
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In the early Christian Church, the original disciples were all men/women

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men

59
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What does the Bible teach about roles of women and men in worship and authority?

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Some parts of the bible indicate that gender is irrelevant as long as you have faith in Jesus, whilst others indicate that women are different to men and should not have authority over them

GCSE Religious Studies (Eduqas Route A) (4 decks)

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