Unit 1 Key Words

Question 1

Agnosticism

Answer 1

Not being sure whether God exists

Question 2

Atheism

Answer 2

Believing that God does not exist.

Question 3

Theism

Answer 3

Believing that God does exist

Question 4

Prayer

Answer 4

An attempt to contact God, usually through words

Question 5

Omnibenevolent

Answer 5

The belief that God is good or kind

Question 6

Omnipotent

Answer 6

The belief that God is all powerful

Question 7

Omniscient

Answer 7

The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen

Question 8

Conversion

Answer 8

When your life is changed by giving yourself to God

Question 9

Miracle

Answer 9

Something which seems to break the law of science and makes you think that only God could have done it

Question 10

Numinous

Answer 10

The feeling or presence of something greater than you, e.g. in a Church or looking up at the stars

Question 11

Religious Experience

Answer 11

An event where people feel that they have had direct contact with God

Question 12

Free Will

Answer 12

The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices

Question 13

Moral Evil

Answer 13

Actions done by humans which cause suffering

Question 14

Natural Evil

Answer 14

Things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

Question 15

Paranormal

Answer 15

Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, e.g. ghosts and mediums

Question 16

Heaven

Answer 16

A place of paradise where God rules

Question 17

Hell

Answer 17

A place of horrors where Satan rules

Question 18

Immortality of the soul

Answer 18

The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body

Question 19

Resurrection

Answer 19

The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised

Question 20

Abortion

Answer 20

The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive

Question 21

Assisted suicide

Answer 21

Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

Question 22

Euthanasia

Answer 22

An easy and gentle death

Question 23

Non-voluntary euthanasia

Answer 23

Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would you want you to do so, e.g. switching of a life support machine

Question 24

Voluntary euthanasia

Answer 24

When someone dying in pain asks a doctor to end his/her life personally

Question 25

Sanctity of life

Answer 25

The belief that life is holy and belongs to God

Question 26

Purgatory

Answer 26

A place Catholics believe you go to expiate sins before going to heaven

Question 27

Quality of Life

Answer 27

The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living

Question 28

Reincarnation

Answer 28

The belief that after death souls are reborn in a new body

Question 29

Near death Experience (NDE)

Answer 29

When someone about to die has an out of body experience

Question 30

Adultery

Answer 30

An act of sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner

Question 31

Cohabitation

Answer 31

Living together without being married

Question 32

Faithfulness

Answer 32

Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them

Question 33

Marriage

Answer 33

The condition of a man and woman legally united for the purpose of living together and, usually, having children

Question 34

Pre-martial sex

Answer 34

Sex before marriage

Question 35

Promiscuity

Answer 35

Having sex with a number of partner without commitment

Question 36

Homosexuality

Answer 36

Sexual attraction to people of the same gender

Question 37

Annulment

Answer 37

A declaration by the Church that a marriage never lawfully existed, this means the marriage is invalid and never truly existed.

Question 38

Re-marriage

Answer 38

Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

Question 39

Extended family

Answer 39

Children, parents and grandparents/aunts/ uncles living as a unit in close proximity

Question 40

Nuclear family

Answer 40

Mother, father and children living as a unit

Question 41

Re-constituted family

Answer 41

Where two sets of Children (step-brothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other

Question 42

Celibate life

Answer 42

One without sex

Question 43

Civil Partnership

Answer 43

A legal ceremony giving homosexual couples the same legal rights as a husband and wife

Question 44

Contraception

Answer 44

Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

Question 45

Procreation

Answer 45

Making a new life

Question 46

Equality

Answer 46

The state of everyone having equal rights regardless of gender/race/class

Question 47

Sexism

Answer 47

Discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female)

Question 48

Multi-ethnic society

Answer 48

Many different races and cultures living together in one society

Question 49

Prejudice

Answer 49

Believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them

Question 50

Discrimination

Answer 50

Putting prejudice into practice and treating people less favourably because of their race/gender//class

Question 51

Racism

Answer 51

The belief that some races are superior to others

Question 52

Racial harmony

Answer 52

Different races living together happily

Question 53

Multi-faith society

Answer 53

Many different religions living together in one society

Question 54

Religious pluralism

Answer 54

Accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist

Question 55

Religious freedom

Answer 55

The right to practise your religion and change your religion

Question 56

Community Cohesion

Answer 56

A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society

Question 57

Interfaith marriage

Answer 57

Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions

Question 58

Ethnic Minority

Answer 58

A member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group