year 11 topic 4 CONTENT Flashcards
how do government encourage community cohesion?(6)
- practical support of community cohesion
- new interfaith strategy
- funding for local authorities immigration eg
- multifaith schools
- shared festivals
- support with translation
legal change of womans roles
1918-womans vote
only 1970-equal pay act
how attitudes to the roles of men and women have changed?(4)
-womans role:
people used to think womans role was to stay at home,legal roles and roles in society have changed
-mens role:
also helping with housework
-progress?
100 years ago:only 15% of married women worked outside their home
-inequality still exists:
paid 17% less than men
traditional roles still exist
christian attitudes to equal rights for women
-christians believe they should be equal:
bible says:neither male nor female for ye all one in christ jesus.
different christian attitudes to woman roles in church
evangelical: men should be head and women shouldn’t speak
liberal: men and women have equal roles in life so should also in the church ‘jesus treated women as equals and had women followers’
roman: men and women should have equal roles but only men should be priests. Jesus chose men to be his 12 disciples
advantages of multi ethnic societies
- helps people of different races and cultures understand each other better
- enables us to understand different religions
- bring new people with fresh ideas
- gives us variety of music,food, clothes
bible teachings that support racial harmony(3)
- god created man in his own image
- you are all one in christ
- love your neighbour as yourself
examples of racial harmony today
- christian churches condemn racism
- barack obama:first black president
christian views of racial harmony
methodist: racism contradicts jesus’ gospel
catechism: every form of discrimination should be rid off
why should christians help people seeking asylum?
- parable of goat and sheep taught about helping others
- jesus said god would judge the way we treat eachother
one christian church and charity who help asylum seekers+how they help(5)
assist sheffield:
charity at st thomas church that :
find asulym seekers a night shelters find temporary accomodation free bus pases free bikes raise awaireness
benifits of mutifaith society(4)
- varied and rich cultural life
- better understanding
- better tolerance
- new ways of living eg. dance
challenges of a multifaith society(4)
- still tensions
- question your own belief
- religious tolerance led to own beliefs and values being ignored
- have to be more understanding
christian attitudes to other religions
evangelical:believe true Christians will go to heaven. ‘ i am the way the truth and the life,no one will come to the father except through me’
roman catholics: all religions can help people reach god, christianity is the full truth
pluralist: believe all religions will lead to god no one is wrong
why may trying to convert people be a problem in a multi faith society(5)
- can cause conflict
- may seem like you are saying one religion is better than another causing offence
- interfaith marriages may be frowned upon because they have different beliefs
- children of interfaith marriages may be confused of beliefs
- different traditions they don’t all follow