Familys and Relationships
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- Created on: 23-04-21 14:41
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- Relationships and Familys
- Christians and Sexuality
- Christians believe sex is a gift from God which should be enjoyed but also controlled
- God’s plan was that woman and man should be united together and increase in number
- Loving your neighbour means showing compassion to fellow humans
- Marriage is a lifelong union which lasts “til death do us part”. For Roman Catholics it is a sacrament, which is blessed by God which reflects the sacrificial love of Jesus
- Children should respect their parents and parents should love, care for and raise children
- Key Words
- Adultery: A sexual relationship with someone you are not married to
- Annulment: The cancellation of a marriage
- Civil Marriage: Non-religious marriage ceremony
- Celibacy/ Chastity: Not having sexual relations; to be celibate/ to be chaste.
- Cohabitation Living together as a couple before marriage.
- Contraception: Precautions taken to prevent pregnancy, and to protect against sexually transmitted infections e.g. condoms.
- Covenant: An agreement based on promises between two sides; in religion this word is often used when a contract has been formed between you and God as in marriage.
- Divorce: Legal dissolution (ending) of a marriage
- Extended family: This is the nuclear family plus other relatives, usually grandparents, living with the family, but can also include cousins, uncles and aunts
- Family planning: The planning of when to have a family using birth control/contraceptives
- Fornication: Sexual relationships between people not married to one and other.
- Gender prejudice: Unfairly judging someone before the facts are known, having or holding biased or unfounded opinions and attitudes about an individual or group because of their gender.
- Gender discrimination: Acting on prejudices against someone because of their gender
- Heterosexual: Someone physically attracted to the opposite sex
- Homosexual: Someone physically attracted to the same sex
- Human sexuality : How people express themselves as sexual beings. This includes but is not restricted to the sex of the people they are attracted to.
- Marriage : A legal union between two people. In the U.K. this can be between people of different or the same sexes.
- Nuclear family: Mum, dad and children
- Procreation: The biological process of a couple producing children
- Remarriage: Marriage a second time after divorce (not usually to the person originally divorced from)
- Sexual Stereotyping: Having a fixed general idea of how men and women behave or should behave.
- Sex before marriage: Sexual relations prior to being married
- Vows: Promises made in a wedding ceremony
- Sex outside of marraige
- Catholics: Sex should be within marriage. Sex should be unitive (bring the couple together) and creative (open to the possibility of children.)
- Evangelical Protestants: Believe sex should be within marriage. They strongly oppose homosexuality.
- Liberal Protestants: Believe sex should occur within committed and trusting relationships but are open to the idea of sex outside marriage.
- Christians and Sexuality
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