Theme A: Religion, Relationships + Families
All these mindmaps are the AQA revision guide condensed further so everything is very condesed and simple
I printed mine on A3 paper as i found it v difficult to use online and A4 was wayyy too small making the bubbles unreadable
Beware of the typos I was too lazy to fix them whoops
Enjoy the revison :)
- Created by: tidgywidgy
- Created on: 14-04-18 20:12
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- Religion, Relationships + Families
- Catholic Views on the Family
- form a community
- help with the life + personal development of each other
- take part in development of wider society
- to be part of the life + mission of the church
- Different Types of Families
- Nuclear Family
- mother, father + children living together
- common Catholic families
- Extended Family
- additional relatives to nuclear family e.g grandparents
- common in some cultures + religions
- Other Families
- single parent
- same-sex couples with or without children
- becoming more common in British Society
- Nuclear Family
- What does a Family Provide?
- good nurturing environment
- children are signs of parents love for each other
- stable + safe place for children to develop
- opportunity to be mutually supportive
- parents are the first teachers of their children
- parents are role models - providing moral guidance
- new life (procreation)
- encouragement for their children to become independent + respectful
- love + care
- Paul's letter to the Ephesians
- 'Wives be subject to to your husbands' - wives should show their love by doing what their husbands ask
- 'Husbands, love your wive, just as Christ loved the church' - husbands should love their wives so much they would be prepared to die for them
- 'Children, obey your father and mother' - children should honour their parents by obeying them as God's command
- 'fathers, do not provoke your children to anger' - fathers should show love + kindness to children so they bring them up in the Christian faith
- The Dignity of Work in the Home
- traditionally, the important role of the mother is to look after husband + children
- traditionally, fathers role is to provide for the family + teach by example
- Catholics regard men + women as equal by contributing different qualities to provide stability in the home
- gender equality has led to traditional roles sometimes being shared or switched
- Families with Single or Same-Sex Parents
- Catholic Teaching
- procreation should take place between a married couple
- single people are not encouraged to become parents
- the Catholic church teaches that children need a mother + father so are against same-sex
- Parenthood in Britain
- growing acceptance of single parent families or same-sex partners
- same-sex parents say its the love between them and their child that matters
- Catholic Teaching
- The Creation of Men + Women as Equals
- Genesis 2 - woman was created from the bone of a man, but only together are they the full form of a human being
- they are two equal parts that complement + complete each other
- Paul taught men + women are equal - 'there is no longer make and female, for all of you are on in Christ Jesus' - Galatians
- Genesis 2 - woman was created from the bone of a man, but only together are they the full form of a human being
- The Importance of Women in the Bible
- Jesus always treated women with respect
- Jesus' teachings about divorce + adultery applied the same standard to women as to men
- New Testament - Mary = mother of Jesus who showed obedience
- Mary Magdalene = first to announce Jesus' resurrection
- Old Testament - Ruth - saved the Jews from the Persians
- The Importance of Men in the Bible
- Roman Empire was male dominated + Christians had to be careful about challenging the structure of society
- most of the event recorded in the Bible are about men
- Jesus chose 12 male apostles
- the first missionaries + leader of the Church were men
- Catholic Teaching on Equality
- Mulieris Dignitatem
- 'the personal resources of femininity are certainly no less than the resources of masculinity' - the attributes of a woman are as important as that of a man
- 'they are merely differnt' - equality is not the same as uniformity
- Catechism
- 'he created them to be a communion of persons' - it was God's deliberate choice to create men + women as a pair
- 'in which each can be 'helpmate' to the other' - men + women have equal roles supporting each other + are designed to care for each other
- Contrasting views
- some disagree with men + women having different roles as treating women as equals means allowing them equal opportunities (e.g. only men can be priests)
- men + women are capable of fulfilling the same roles including the roles in the home
- Mulieris Dignitatem
- Catholic Teachings on Gender Discrimination
- it devalues a person
- it can be hurtful + damaging
- support should be given to women
- it stops the use of God-given talents
- certain roles belong to one gender or another
- men + women should receive equal pay for equal work
- Pope Francis said 'They have the same rights'
- Catholic Views on the Family
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