Unit 1 Religion and social responsibility Flashcards
Bible
The holy book of Christians
Decalogue
The ten commandments
Church
The community of Christians
Conscience
An inner feeling of the rightness and wrongness of an action
Democratic processes
the ways in which all citizens can take part in the government ( usually through elections)
Electoral processes
the ways in which voting is organised
The golden rule
The teaching of Jesus that you should treat other as you would like them to treat you
Human rights
The rights and freedoms everyone is entitled to
Political party
A group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of policies( Labour, Conservative)
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 loving thing to do
Social change
The way in which society has changed and is changing(and also possibilities for future change)
