RE Unit 1 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Religious StudiesUnit 1 KeywordsGCSEEdexcel Created by: DivyamshuCreated on: 27-01-16 17:40 Agnosticism Not being sure whether God exists 1 of 48 Atheism Not believing in God 2 of 48 Conversion When your life is changed by giving yourself to God 3 of 48 Free will The idea that humans are free to make their own choices 4 of 48 Miracle Something that breaks the laws of science and makes you think only God could have done it 5 of 48 Moral evil Actions done by humans to cause suffering 6 of 48 Natural evil Things done to cause suffering but not done by humans 7 of 48 Numinous Feeling of a greater presence 8 of 48 Omni- benevolent Belief God is all-good 9 of 48 Omnipotent Belief that God is all powerful 10 of 48 Omniscient Belief God knows everything that has and will happen 11 of 48 Prayer An attempt to contact God through words 12 of 48 Abortion The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive 13 of 48 Assisted Suicide Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide 14 of 48 Euthanasia Painlessly killing of someone dying from a painful disease 15 of 48 Immortality of the Soul The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body 16 of 48 Near-Death Experience When someone about to die has an out of body experience 17 of 48 Non-Voluntary Euthanasia Ending someones life painlessly when they are unable to ask but they would have wanted it to happen 18 of 48 Paranormal Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes 19 of 48 Quality of life The ideal that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living 20 of 48 Reincarnation The belief that after death, the soul is reborn into a new body 21 of 48 Resurrection The belief that after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised 22 of 48 Sanctity of Life The belief that life is holy and belongs to God 23 of 48 Voluntary Euthanasia Ending life painlessly when someone is in great pain and asks for death 24 of 48 Adultery A sexual act between person and someone other than their married person 25 of 48 Civil Partnership A legeal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife 26 of 48 Cohabitation Living together wihtout being married 27 of 48 Contraception Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring 28 of 48 Faithfulness Staying with and only having sex with your married partner 29 of 48 Homosexuality Sexual attraction to the same sex 30 of 48 Nuclear Family Mother, father and children living as a unit 31 of 48 Pre-marital Sex Sex before marriage 32 of 48 Procreation Making a new life 33 of 48 Promiscuity Having sex with a number of partners without commitments 34 of 48 Re-constituted Family Where two sets of children become one family and their divorced parents marry eachother. (Step siblings) 35 of 48 Re-marriage Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage 36 of 48 Community Cohesion A common vision and shared sense of belngings for all types of people in society 37 of 48 Discrimination Treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/gender/colour/sexuality/age/socioeconomic class 38 of 48 Ethnic Minority A member of an ethnic group which is smaller than the majority group 39 of 48 Interfaith Marriages A marriage in which the husband and wife are from differnet religions 40 of 48 Multi-ethnic Society Many races and cultures living together 41 of 48 Multi-faith Society Many religions living together 42 of 48 Prejudice Believing some people are inferior or superior without knowing them 43 of 48 Racial Harmony Different races/colours living together happily 44 of 48 Racism The belief that some races are superior to others 45 of 48 Religious Freedom The right to practise your religion and change your religion 46 of 48 Religious Pluralism Accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist 47 of 48 Sexism Discriminating against people because of their gender 48 of 48
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