RE Keywords

Unit 3

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Paranormal
unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, e.g. ghosts and mediums
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Immortal Of the Soul
The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
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Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
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Non-voluntary euthanasia
ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would you want you to do so, e.g. switching of a life support machine
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Sanctity of life
the belief that life is holy and belongs to God
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Euthanasia
An easy and gentle death
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Assisted Suicide
Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
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Purgatory
a place Catholics believe you go to so as to work of sins before going to heaven
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Near death Experience (NDE)
when someone about to die has an out of body experience
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Voluntary euthanasia
when someone dying in pain asks a doctor to end his/her life personally
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Quality of Life
the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
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Adultery
an act of sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
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Cohabitation
staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them
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Marriage
the condition of a man and woman legally united for the purpose of living together and, usually, having children
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Pre-marital sex
sex before marriage
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Procreation
making a new life
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Contraception
intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring
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Civil partnership
a legal ceremony giving homosexual couples the same legal rights as a husband and wife
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Annulment
This means the marriages is invalid and never truly existed
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Celibate
One without sex
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Re-constituted family
where two sets of Children (step-brothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
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Nuclear family
mother, father and children living as a unit
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Extended family
children, parents and grandparents/aunts/ uncles living as a unit in close proximity
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Re-marriage
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
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Annulment
a declaration by the Church that a marriage never lawfully existed
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Homosexuality
sexual attraction people of the same gender
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Promiscuity
having sex with a number of partner without commitment
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Ethnic Minority
a member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group
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Interfaith marriage
marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions
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Community Cohesion
a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
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Religious 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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Multi-faith society
many different religions living together in one society
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Racial harmony
different races/colours living together happily
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Racism
the belief that some races are superior to others
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Discrimination
putting prejudice into practice and treating people less favourably because of their race/gender/colour/class
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Prejudice
believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them
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Multi-ethnic society
many different races and cultures living together in one society
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Sexism
discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female)
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Equality
the state of everyone having equal rights regardless of gender/race/class
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Card 2

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The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body

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Immortal Of the Soul

Card 3

Front

The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive

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Card 4

Front

ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would you want you to do so, e.g. switching of a life support machine

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

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the belief that life is holy and belongs to God

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