Community Cohesion:

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Changing Roles of Women in Society:
1) The equal pay act of 1970. 2) The property act. 3) The sex discrimination act of 1975. 4) 1918 - women over 31 given the right to vote.
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Why have these changes occured?
1) Following countries examples' such as New Zealand giving equal rights. 2) WW1 and WW2. 3) Successful women - Margaret Thatcher. 4) The UN declaration of human rights.
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Roman Catholic Attitudes to Women:
Women cannot be priests but are equal to men: 1) Jesus was a man. 2) The apostles. 3) Tradition. 4) Women have a role in the family.
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Liberal Protestant Attitudes to Women:
Women can be vicars: 1) Mary mother. 2) Mary and Anne. 3) Role of the vicar. 4) Image of God.
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Evangelical Attitudes Towards Women:
Women have to listen to husbands and be silent in church - St Paul.
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Why the UK is a Multiethnic Society:
1) EU allowed free movement of Europeans. 2) After WW2 - shortage of workers. 3) Always have been - saxons, celts, romans. 4) 19th century, the UK set up an overseas empire leading to black communities in the UK.
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The Problems with Discrimination and Racism:
1) Employers will not employ. 2) Landlords will refuse accomodation. 3) Teachers will stop certain groups acheiving their potential. 4) Police officers will discriminate against people. For all this is if they are prejudiced.
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The Effects of Discrimination and Racism:
1) People turn against societies causing violence. 2) Young turn to crime because of lack of opportunities (2011 London riots). 3) BNP 4) Minority backgrounds turn to crime.
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Benefits of Living in a Multi-ethnic or Multi-faith Society:
1) Get to know one another - interfaith marriages. 2) Understand each other - less conflict. 3) Experiences - food, dance and music. 4) More progress and innovation as there are more people with different ideas.
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The Importance of Community Cohesion:
1) Without it, racially/religously motivated violence. 2) 7/7 bombers - british people who had lost sense of allegiance to the UK. 3) Lack of it makes it impossible for people to work together in modern societies. 4) Violence becomes a way of life.
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Government Action to Promote Community Cohesion:
1) Citizenship lessons in schools. 2) 1976 Race Relations Act. 3) 2001 Race relations Amendment. 4) Giving money to groups who try to promote community cohesion.
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Why Christians Promote Racial Harmony:
1) 70% of Christians are black. 2) Parable of the good Samaritan. 3) 'Neither gentile nor Jew' 4) The Lord has no favourites. 5) All made in the image of God.
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How does the Catholic Church Promote Racial Harmony:
1) Celebrating mass in different languages. 2) Providing accommodation to immigrants. 3) Providing English language lessons. 4) Translating information leaflets to different languages. For all points explain how they are helpful.
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Issues Arising from a Multi-faith Society:
1) Children may stray from faith if they learn about other faiths. 2) Many religions believe they should convert people. 3) Interfaith marriages. 4) Causes you to question your own faith.
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How Religions Work Together to Promote Community Cohesion:
1) Developments in interfaith marriage ceremonies. 2) Sharing festivals and other religious times. 3) Encouraging children to be brought up in both faiths. 4) Interfaith events so people consider other religious views.
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Exclusive Attitudes to Other Religions:
Exclusivism eg. evangelists - Christianity = only truth, other religions are false. Should try to convert people to their truth and it is the only way to get to heaven.
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Inclusive Attitudes to Other Religions:
Inclusivism eg. Roman Catholics - Christianity = whole truth and other religions have some of the truth, (because of this is takes them longer to go to heaven) but either way we should respect each other.
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Pluralist Attitudes to Other Religions:
Pluralism eg. Liberal Protestants - teach no religion has the whole truth and all religions are on different paths to God. They will all get to heaven.
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For Conversion:
1) Loving people by helping them get to heaven. 2) Jesus said to spread the word. 3) The End of Mass says to spread the word.
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Against Conversion:
1) Cause Arguments. 2) Free will. 3) Judged on your actions and not your religion.
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Media - East is East:
1) Interfaith marriages. 2) Arranged marriages. 3) Son had a girlfriend. 4) Fish and Chip shop. 5) Father felt unconnected to Muslim community so tried to impose it on children.
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Community Cohesion:
A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society.
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Discrimination:
Treating someone less favourably because of their ethnicity / gender / colour / sexuality / age / class.
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Ethnic Minority:
A member of an ethnic group which is much smaller than the majority group.
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Interfaith Marriages:
Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions.
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Multi-ethnic society:
Many different races and cultures living together in one society.
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Multi-faith society:
Many different religions living together in one society.
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Prejudice:
Believing some people are superior of inferior without even knowing them.
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Racial Harmony:
Different races or colours living together happily.
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Racism:
The belief that some races are superior to others.
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Religous Freedom:
The right to practise your religion and change your religion.
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Religious Pluralism:
Accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist.
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Sexism:
Discriminating against people because of their gender (being female or male).
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