R.E Unit 1

Key words:

• Conscience- Inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action.
• Social change- The way society has changed and is changing.
• Pressure groups- A group formed to influence government policy on an issue.
• Democratic process- The ways all citizens can take part in government through elections
• Electoral process- The ways voting is organised.
• Human rights- The rights and freedom that everyone's entitled to.

What do Christians turn to for advice?

Bible, Church, Situation Ethics, Conscience.

The golden rule: treat people how you want to be treated.

Key words:

• IVF- Fertilising a human egg in a test tube.
• Stewardship- Looking after something so it can be used in future generation.
• Surrogacy- Woman bears child for another woman.
• Embryo- Fertilzed egg in first 8 weeks after conception.
• Artificial insemination- Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means.
• Conservation- Protecting and preserving natural resources.
• Global warming- Increase in temperature of earth's atmosphere.

Kyoto protocol: UN treaty signed by 175 countries to reduce greenhouse gases+ help slow down global warming.

Christians +Muslims both think we are borrowing earth from God so have to look after it.

Khalifah= Allah's steward

Key terms:

• Conflict resolution- Methods of addressing the sources of conflict.
• Just war- A just war can only be fought to redress wrong suffering.
• Pacifism- A commitment to peace, the opposite of war/violence.
• United nations- countries brought together to avoid war.
• Reconciliation-
• Bullying-
• Weapons of mass destruction
• Holy war- A war declared in support of a religious cause.

Christians +Muslims think a just war must be a last resort and must only bring out good.There must also be a reasonable chance of success.