Religious Studies - KEYWORDS

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AGNOSTICISM
Not being sure whether God exists.
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ATHEISM
Believing that God does not exist.
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CONVERSION
When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.
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FREE WILL
The idea that humans are free to make their own choices.
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MIRACLE
Something which seems to break the laws of science and makes you think only God could have done it.
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MORAL EVIL
Suffering caused by humans.
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NATURAL EVIL
Suffering caused by nature.
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NUMINOUS
The feeling of the presence of something greater than you.
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OMNI-BENEVOLENT
The belief that God is all-loving.
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OMNIPOTENT
The belief that God is all-powerful.
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OMNISCIENT
The belief that God is all-knowing.
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PRAYER
An attempt to contact God, usually through words.
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ABORTION
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive.
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ASSISTED SUICIDE
Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide.
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EUTHANASIA
The painless killing of someone dying from a painful illness.
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IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
The idea that the soul lives on after the body dies.
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NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
When someone about to die has an out of body experience.
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NON-VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
Ending someone's life painlessly when they're unable to ask, but you have good reason to think they would want you to.
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PARANORMAL
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g. ghosts.
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QUALITY OF LIFE
The idea that life must have some benefits to be worth living.
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REINCARNATION
The belief that, after death, souls are reborn into a new body.
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RESURRECTION
The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised.
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SANCTITY OF LIFE
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God.
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VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death.
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ADULTERY
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner.
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CIVIL PARTNERSHIP
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife.
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COHABITATION
Living together without being married.
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CONTRACEPTION
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring.
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FAITHFULNESS
Staying with your marriage partner and having sex with only them.
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HOMOSEXUALITY
Sexual attraction to the same sex.
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NUCLEAR FAMILY
Mother, father and children living as a unit.
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PRE-MARITAL SEX
Sex before marriage.
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PROCREATION
Making a new life.
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PROMISCUITY
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment
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RECONSTITUTED FAMILY
Where two sets of children become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.
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REMARRIAGE
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage.
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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 people less favourably because of their ethnicity/gender/sexuality/age/class.
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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
A marriage in which the partners are from different religions.
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MULTIETHNIC SOCIETY
Many different races and cultures living together in one society.
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MULTIFAITH SOCIETY
Many different religions living together in one society.
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PREJUDICE
Believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them.
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RACIAL HARMONY
Different races living together happily.
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RACISM
The belief that some races are superior to others.
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The right to practice 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.
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BIBLE
The holy book of Christians.
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CHURCH
The community of Christians and their place of worship.
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CONSCIENCE
An inner feeling of what actions are right and wrong.
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THE DECALOGUE
The Ten Commandments.
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DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
The ways in which all citizens can take part in government, usually through elections.
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ELECTORAL PROCESS
The ways in which voting is organised.
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THE GOLDEN RULE
Jesus' teaching that you should treat others the same way you want to be treated.
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HUMAN RIGHTS
The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled.
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POLITICAL PARTY
A group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of its policies.
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PRESSURE GROUP
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue.
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SITUATION ETHICS
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do.
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SOCIAL CHANGE
The way in which society has changed and continues to change.
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ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means.
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CONSERVATION
Protecting and preserving the natural environment.
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CREATION
The act of creating the universe.
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EMBRYO
A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception.
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ENVIRONMENT
The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live.
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GLOBAL WARMING
The increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere.
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INFERTILITY
The inability to have children.
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IN-VITRO FERTILISATION
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube.
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NATURAL RESOURCES
Naturally occurring materials which can be used by humans.
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ORGAN DONATION
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery.
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STEWARDSHIP
Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation.
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SURROGACY
An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman.
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AGGRESSION
Attacking without being provoked.
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BULLYING
Intimidating or frightening people weaker than yourself.
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CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Bringing a conflict to a peaceful conclusion.
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EXPLOITATION
Taking advantage of a weaker group.
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FORGIVENESS
Pardoning someone for their wrong doings.
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JUST WAR
A war which is fought in the right way for the right reasons.
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PACIFISM
The belief that all disputes should be settled peacefully.
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RECONCILIATION
Bringing together people who were opposed to each other.
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RESPECT
Treating a person or their feelings with consideration.
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THE UNITED NATIONS
An international body set up to promote world peace.
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Weapons which can destroy large areas and numbers of people.
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WORLD PEACE
The ending of war throughout the whole word, the basic aim of the United Nations.
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ADDICTION
A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity despite its bad effects.
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The death penalty for a crime or offence.
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CRIME
An act against the law.
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DETERRENCE
The idea that punishments should be of such a nature that they will put people off committing crimes.
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JUDGEMENT
The act of judging people and their actions.
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JUSTICE
Due allocation of reward and punishment to maintain what is right.
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LAW
Rules made by the Parliament and enforced by the courts.
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REFORM
The idea that punishments should try to change criminals so that they will not commit crimes again.
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REHABILITATION
Restore to a normal life.
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RESPONSIBILITY
Being responsible for one's actions.
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RETRIBUTION
The idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong.
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SIN
An act against the will of God.
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Believing that God does not exist.

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When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.

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The idea that humans are free to make their own choices.

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Something which seems to break the laws of science and makes you think only God could have done it.

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