RE Key Terms 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesChristianityGCSEAQA Created by: CJMoseleyCreated on: 23-06-16 10:24 Agnosticism Not being sure whether God exists 1 of 46 Atheism Believing that God does not exist 2 of 46 Conversion When your life is changed by giving yourslef to God 3 of 46 Free Will The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices 4 of 46 Miracle Something which seems to break the law of science and makes you think only God could have done it 5 of 46 Moral Evil Actions done by humans which cause suffering 6 of 46 Natural Evil Things which cause suffering but hasve nothing to do with humans 7 of 46 Numinous The feeling of the presence of something greater than you 8 of 46 Omni-benevolent The belif that God is all-good 9 of 46 Omnipotent The belief that God is all-powerful 10 of 46 Omniscient The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen 11 of 46 Prayer An attempt to contact God, usually through words 12 of 46 Abortion The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive 13 of 46 Asissted Suicide Providing a seriously ill personm with the means to commit suicide 14 of 46 Euthanasia The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease 15 of 46 Paranormal Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, eg ghosts, medians 16 of 46 Quality of Lfie The idea that life must have soem benefits for it to be worth living 17 of 46 Reincarnation The belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body 18 of 46 Resurrection The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised 19 of 46 Sanctity of Life The belief that life is holy and belongs to God 20 of 46 Voluntary Euthanasia Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death 21 of 46 Adultery A sexual act between a married perosn and someone other than the marriage partner 22 of 46 Civil Partnership A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife 23 of 46 Cohabitation Living toghether withouth being married 24 of 46 Contraception Intentionly preventing pregnancy from occurring 25 of 46 Faithfulness Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them 26 of 46 Homosexuality Sexual attraction to the same sex 27 of 46 Nuclear Family Mother, father and children living as a unit 28 of 46 Pre-marital Sex Sex before marriage 29 of 46 Procreation Making a new life 30 of 46 Promiscuity Having sex with a number of partners without commitment 31 of 46 Re-constituted family Where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other 32 of 46 Re-marriage Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage 33 of 46 Community Cohesion A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society 34 of 46 Discrimination Treating people less favourably beacuse of their ethnicity/gender/colour/suxualtiy/age/class 35 of 46 Ethnic Minority A member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority of the group 36 of 46 Interfaith Marriages MArraige where the husband and wife are from different religions 37 of 46 Multi-ethnic society Many different races and cultures living in one society 38 of 46 Multi-faith society Many different religions living together in one society 39 of 46 Prejudice Believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them 40 of 46 Racial Harmony Different races/colours living happily together 41 of 46 Racism The belief that some races are superior to others 42 of 46 Religious Freedom The right to practice your religion and change your religion 43 of 46 Religious Pluralism Accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist 44 of 46 Sexism Discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female) 45 of 46 Sexism Discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female) 46 of 46
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