Third Year Revision – Section D

Greetings again!

I know this post is a day late, so you might not have time to complete all of Section D. Nevertheless, give it your best shot. Remember – please use your new revision copy to take notes on chapters 14 – 18. Study these chapters in detail, paying attention to key terms and definitions; then make detailed notes (not just the basic definition) under the following headings:

Section D: The Question of Faith

  • Religious belief
  • Religious practice
  • Changes in religious belief and religious practice over last sixty years
  • Changes and differences
  • The Schism
  • The Orthodox Church
  • History and Politics
  • Second Vatican Council
  • Modernity  & Mass Attendance
  • Reasons why religious practice is less than before:
  • Lifestyle
  • Freedom
  • Church influence
  • Media
  • Changes in vocations
  • Possible reasons:
  • Education and employment
  • Materialism
  • Public opinion
  • The bigger picture
  • World Youth Day (2008)
  • Faith and practice in life of adolescent
  • Positive and negative influences
  • Family, friends, media

 

  • Asking questions
  • Question/questioner
  • Signs of maturity
  • The search for meaning
  • Life with meaning vs life without meaning
  • Sources of meaning:
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Music
  • Money
  • Religion
  • Awe and wonder
  • Humanism

 

  • Forming images
  • Images of God:
  • From stories, Scripture
  • Personal faith
  • Stages of faith:
  • Childhood
  • Adolescent
  • Mature

 

  • Prayer
  • Formal & informal
  • Support, comfort, guidance
  • Prayer and friendship
  • Prayer and music –  Liam Lawton
  • Worship
  • Prayer as a form of worship
  • People of religious faith
  • Examples – Mother Teresa, Frances Margaret Taylor, Gandhi, Maximilian Kolbe
  • Monotheism and polytheism

 

  • Challenges to faith
  • World view
  • Reflecting on the existence of God
  • Theism
  • Atheism
  • Agnosticism
  • Secularism
  • Materialism (remember – it’s not the same as being materialistic)
  • Religion and Science
  • The religious view of creation
  • Fundamentalism
  • The scientific view of creation
  • Galileo, Darwin
  • The Big Bang
  • Working together – point of contact

 

Good luck!! Do as much as you can and do it well. Go to bed early on Sunday night and be prepared for the hard work that will be needed in the run up to the mocks. Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday.

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