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• Visit to a Cathedral (Roman Catholic)
• Revision quiz: The Ontological Argument (Anselm of Canterbury)
• Revision quiz: Design arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian): Part 1
• Revision quiz: Martin Luther King Jr.: Key facts
• Worksheet: Martin Luther King Jr.: The Early Years

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Information: A complete listing of all the sections and pages on That Religious Studies Website.

Religious Studies

• A Brief History of Satan (Part 1): Introduction, Old Testament teaching
• A Brief History of Satan (Part 2): Inter and New Testament periods
• A Brief History of Satan (Part 3): Middle ages and modern era
• The origin and meaning of 666

• St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): An introduction

Arguments for the existence of God

• Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways (Part 1): Introduction, Motion, Causation
• Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways (Part 2): Contingency, Goodness, Design

• Agnosticism: An Introduction
• Atheism: An Introduction
• Video: The Paradox of Atheism
• Don Cupitt: Taking leave of God (and everything else!)
• The Sea of Faith Network: Key facts

• St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430): An introduction

The Problem of Evil and Suffering

• The freewill defence (St. Augustine of Hippo)

Introduction

• Buddhism: Key facts
• The Buddha: An introduction
• The Noble Eightfold Path
• The Moral Precepts of Buddhism
• Life after death

Moral issues

• Buddhist ethics: An introduction

Buddhist Traditions

• Theravada Buddhism ("Doctrine of the elders"): Key facts
• Tibetan (Tantric) Buddhism: Key facts

Western Buddhism

• Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO): Key facts

Introduction

• Christianity: Key facts
• Visiting a cathedral (Roman Catholic)

Key dates

• All Saints Day

Moral issues

Abortion

• Christian attitudes to abortion (Part 1): Introduction, Roman Catholic and Church of England teaching
• Christian attitudes to abortion (Part 2): Methodist and Quaker teaching, pro-life and pro-choice arguments

Euthanasia

• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Part 1): Introduction, Roman Catholic teaching
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Part 2): Church of England and other Christian views
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Appendix): Letter to the House of Lords Select Committee (2004)

Marriage and the Family

• Religion and family life in Christianity: Introduction and key beliefs
• Raising children in Christian families

Feminism and Women

• Women and the Church (Part 1): Introduction and review of relevant Biblical teaching
• Women and the Church (Part 2): Analysis of biblical teaching, and the role of women in the Church today

Political issues

• The Kairos Document (extract): A Christian response to apartheid in South Africa (1985)

People

• Martin Luther King Jr.: Key facts

• Some thoughts about religion, religions and the religious

Worship

• Comparing Christian and Buddhist forms of worship

• Don Cupitt: Taking leave of God (and everything else!)
• Don Cupitt and the new Christian ethics (or the non-God moral argument)

• The problem of evil and suffering: An introduction
• The problem of evil and suffering: Christian Responses
• Black theodicy: Evil and suffering in Black Theology
• The freewill defence (St. Augustine of Hippo)
• An Irenaean Theodicy (John Hick)
• Jehovah Witnesses on the problem of evil and suffering
• The 'crimes of nature' (John Stuart Mill on the problem of evil and suffering)
• Process theodicy (David Ray Griffin)
• A Protest Theodicy (John K Roth)

Lessons

• Evil and suffering (Christian theology): A quick guide

Christianity

• Women and the Church (Part 1): Introduction and review of relevant Biblical teaching
• Women and the Church (Part 2): Analysis of biblical teaching, and the role of women in the Church today

Islam

• Women and Islam (Part 1): Introduction and pre-Islamic attitudes to women

• God: An introduction
• Arguments for the existence of God (Part 1): Introduction and Design
• Arguments for the existence of God (Part 2): Cosmological arguments
• Arguments for the existence of God (Part 3): Morality and Religion

Aquinas' Five Ways

• Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways (Part 1): Introduction, Motion, Causation
• Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways (Part 2): Contingency, Goodness, Design

Ontological arguments

• The Ontological Argument (Anselm of Canterbury)

Design arguments

• Design arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian) Part 1: Introduction, the Bible, Aquinas and Paley
• Design arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian) Part 2: Evidence and critiques

Cosmological arguments

• Cosmological arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian): An introduction
• The Kalam Cosmological Argument (William Lane Craig)
• On the Ultimate Origination of Things (G. W. Leibniz)

Probability arguments

• Pascal's wager: An introduction

Religious experience

• Religious Experience: An introduction

Lessons

• The Ontological Argument (Part 1): Introduction and Overview
• The Ontological Argument (Part 2): Gaunilo v Anselm
• The Ontological Argument (Part 3): Descartes v Kant

Introduction

• Hinduism: Key facts
• The Bhagavad-Gita: An introduction

Introduction

• Islam: Key facts
• The Qur'an: Key facts


• Interview with Asma Afsaruddin (Part 1)
• Interview with Asma Afsaruddin (Part 2)
• Interview with Asma Afsaruddin (Part 3)

Feminism and Women

• Women and Islam (Part 1): Introduction and pre-Islamic attitudes to women

• At the frontier of faith: An interview with John Hick
• An Irenaean Theodicy (John Hick)
• John Hick's pluralist hypothesis: An introduction

Lessons

• John Hick's Pluralist Hypothesis (Part 1): Introduction and Overview

Introduction

• Judaism: Key facts

Moral issues

• Jewish attitudes to abortion

• Jehovah Witnessses: Key facts
• Jehovah Witnesses on the problem of evil and suffering

• Latter Day Saints (Mormons): Key facts

• Life after death: An introduction
• Life after death: An atheist perspective (Julian Baggini)
• Life after death: An introduction to Hindu beliefs
• Life after death: An introduction to Buddhist beliefs

• Miracles: An introduction
• Miracles in the Bible (Part 1): Introduction
• Miracles in the Bible (Part 2): Issues and responses

Critiques

• David Hume: 'Of Miracles'

• John Hick's pluralist hypothesis: An introduction

Lessons

• John Hick's Pluralist Hypothesis (Part 1): Introduction and Overview

• Design arguments for the existence of God (Judeo-Christian): Part 1
• The Ontological Argument (Anselm of Canterbury)

Introduction

• Sikhism: Key facts

• Unitarian Universalists: Key facts

Christianity

• All Saints Day

Ethics

• Abortion: An introduction
• Feminist arguments against abortion

The concept of personhood in moral philosophy

• Part 1: Introduction, The qualities of personhood argument
• Part 2: Viability and the fetus as potential person argument
• Part 3: The fetus as person at birth argument
• Part 4: Fetal sentience and personhood

Christianity

• Christian attitudes to abortion (Part 1): Introduction, Roman Catholic and Church of England teaching
• Christian attitudes to abortion (Part 2): Methodist and Quaker teaching, pro-life and pro-choice arguments

Judaism

• Jewish attitudes to abortion

Lessons

• Abortion: Introduction and overview (PowerPoint presentation with revision quiz)

Worksheets

• Attitudes to abortion

• Capital punishment: An introduction

Lessons

• Capital punishment: Overview and critique

• The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: Key facts

• The Categorical Imperative (Immanuel Kant)

Lessons

• Immanuel Kant and the Categorical Imperative: A Critical Evaluation

• Emotivism (A. J. Ayer): An introduction and overview
• Charles Stephenson's development of Emotivism and critiques

• Euthanasia: An introduction

Christianity

• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Part 1): Introduction, Roman Catholic teaching
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Part 2): Church of England and other Christian views
• Christian attitudes to euthanasia (Appendix): Letter to the House of Lords Select Committee (2004)

Worksheets

• Attitudes to euthanasia

• Feminist ethics: Introduction and overview

Abortion

• Feminist arguments against abortion

• Freewill: Some preliminary thoughts...
• Freewill and some suggestions for resolving the determinism/freewill paradox

• Gender equality: An introduction

Feminism

• A brief history of Feminism

• Divorce: An introduction

Christianity

• Religion and family life in Christianity: Introduction and key beliefs
• Raising children in Christian families

• Martin Luther King Jr.: Key facts
• Video: Politically and Religiously Correct Toys

The Holocaust

• What is Truth?: An Introduction to Holocaust Denial Theory

Christianity

• The Kairos Document (extract): A Christian response to apartheid in South Africa (1985)

Worksheets

• Martin Luther King Jr.: The Early Years

Revision quiz

• Martin Luther King Jr.: The Early Years

• The divine command theory of ethics (Part 1): Introduction and arguments for...
• The divine command theory of ethics (Part 2): Introduction and arguments against...
• Don Cupitt and the new Christian ethics (or the non-God moral argument)

• Martin Luther King Jr.: Key facts

Lessons

• Situation Ethics (Part 1): Introduction and Overview

• Utilitarianism (Part 1): Introduction, Bentham and Mill
• Utilitarianism (Part 2): Singer, developments and critiques

Lessons

• Utilitarianism: A Quick Guide

• Some thoughts on the matter of violence, war and conflict (Part 1): Introduction, the nature of humanity, religious attitudes
• Some thoughts on the matter of violence, war and conflict (Part 2): Weaponry and nuclear bombs
• Some thoughts on the matter of violence, war and conflict (Part 3): The cost of war and pacifism

• Virtue ethics: A very brief introduction
• Eudaimonia: An introduction

Lessons

• Virtue Ethics: An Introduction and Overview (Aristotle and MacIntyre)

Features

• At the frontier of faith: An interview with John Hick

• Why did God allow my family to die from a fire?
• Why do Christians believe in God?
• What is the origin and meaning of 666?

Lessons

Ethics

• Abortion: Introduction and overview (PowerPoint presentation with revision quiz)
• Capital punishment: Overview and critique
• Immanuel Kant and the Categorical Imperative: A Critical Evaluation
• Natural Law: A Quick Guide
• Situation Ethics (Part 1): Introduction and Overview
• Utilitarianism: A Quick Guide
• Virtue Ethics: An Introduction and Overview (Aristotle and MacIntyre)

Philosophy of Religion

• Evil and suffering (Christian theology): A quick guide
• John Hick's Pluralist Hypothesis (Part 1): Introduction and Overview
• The Ontological Argument (Part 1): Introduction and Overview
• The Ontological Argument (Part 2): Gaunilo v Anselm
• The Ontological Argument (Part 3): Descartes v Kant

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