Religion and community cohesion
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- Religion and community cohesion
- Attitudes towards men and women in the UK
- How
- The Qualification of Women Act 1918: Gave women over 31 the right to vote. In 1928 the age was lowered to 21 (the same age as men. Now, all people over 18 can vote
- The equal pay act 1970: Ensured men and women are paid equally for doing the same jobs
- The sex discrimination act 1975: Made it illegal to discriminate against any person because of their gender
- Why
- Suffragettes showed that women were no longer prepared to be treated as second class citizens
- During the First and Second World War, women had to take on many of teh jobs previously done by men and proved they could do them just as well
- The UN Declaration of Human Rights includes equality for all people no matter race or gender
- The Labour Governments of 1964-70 and 1974-9 were dedicated to equal rights for women
- Successful women in business and politics around the world show that women are every bit equal to men
- How
- Women and Christianity
- Protestants
- Evangelical
- It has always been the tradition that only men are allowed to be priests
- St Paul taught that women should not speak in church
- 1 Corinthians 14:34: "Women must remain silent in church, they are not allowed to speak"
- In the creation story, God made man first.
- Just as men cannot give birth, women cannot be In Personae Christi
- Jesus chose men as his apostles, and they did the same with their successors
- Modern
- Genesis 1:27: "God created humanity in his own image, male and female, he created them both"
- Galatians 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ"
- The early church had a Deacon and Deaconess for 200 years, showing that women could show leadership without consecrating the Eucharist
- Jesus had female disciples such as Mary and Mary Magdalene. It was they who saw the ressucrction
- Evangelical
- Catholics
- Men and women should have equal rights in society but they cannot be ordained
- Jesus was a man and the priest represents Jesus in a Mass
- All of the Apostles were men
- Protestants
- The UK as a multi-ethnic society
- Benefits
- Society can make better progress sharing innovation and new perspectives on issues
- People can experience a wider range of cultures and food
- People gain understanding of other cultures, reducing the chance of racism and war
- A multi-ethnic society helps people to live and work in a world of multi-national companies and economic Independence between all nations
- Problems
- Racially prejudiced employers will not give jobs to certain ethnic groups
- Prejudiced police officers will discriminate against certain ethnic or religious groups
- Baltimore riots
- Can lead to racial tension
- Benefits
- The Government on community cohesion
- Making community cohesion part of the national curriculum
- Passing laws against racism and discrimination (Race relations Act; Racial and Religious Hatred Act)
- Why Christians should help to promote racial harmony
- In the Parable of the good Samaritan, Jesus showed that races who hate each other should love each other as neighbours
- Jesus treated all equally
- St Peter had a vision from God telling him not to discriminate because God has no favorites
- The Church and asylum seekers
- What
- They give a religious view on the issues to politicians
- They set up legal advice clinics with lawyers to help people through asylum and immigration
- They provide home starter kits
- Some churches set up language classes
- They support the 'Still Human, Still here' campaign to support the human rights of asylum seekers and immigrants
- Why
- The Bible shows God demanding justice for all
- Christians follow the golden rule
- 'Love God and thy neighbor'
- The Parable of the good Samaritan and the Sheep and the Goats
- What
- Attitude towards other religions
- Exclusivism
- Believe only those who follow Jesus and live by his teachings will go to heaven
- John 14:6: "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me"
- Inclusivism
- Believe you should only go to heaven by accepting Jesus, but some from other or no faith can also go to heaven
- God saved people before Christianity existed. God will save people who lived right lives as if the God the followed had been the right one
- Pluralist
- Faithful followers of all religions can be saved and go to heaven. All religious experience comes from God, different cultures follow it in different ways
- John Hick's mountain Paths: "Each route is mapped out through the cultural, family, and religious experience of their life. Eventually all followers reach the summit" - All religions are looking for the same God
- Accepting all religions as equally valid and correct and can coexist
- Exclusivism
- The UK as a multi-faith society
- Benefits
- People can learn about other religions and this can help them to see what religions have in common. For example a belief in God and the existence of morality
- People may practice their religion more seriously as a result of differing religions
- People are likely to become more understanding about other religions
- Make people think more about religion
- Issues
- A multi-faith society needs to have laws giving equal rights to all religions
- Conversion: Attempts by other religions may cause problems as it is discriminaion
- Bringing up children: May cause problems to do with the child's faith
- Inter-faith marriage: What religion would the wedding be. Causes some hardline religious believers to feel as if the marriage betrays their religion
- Benefits
- Ways in which religions work together to promote community cohesion in the UK
- They find what similarities their religions have
- Some help with inter-faith marriage
- Mohandas Ghandhi: "Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter which road we take, as long as we reach the same goal?"
- Attitudes towards men and women in the UK
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