We have just this year launched AS level RS at Ysgol Rhiwabon and have had a very successful intake of students.
These units cover relevant and contemporary issues that build upon previous knowledge from both short and full course RS.
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Content |
Introduction to Religion in Contemporary
Society (RS1/2 CS) |
Medical and Environmental Issues |
Euthanasia - Legal position, Sanctity of Life, Quality of Life. Animal Rights - Hunting, Entertainment, Stewardship, Medicine. |
| Religion and TV |
Religious themes in two soap operas. Belief and practice in the Simpsons. Religion-specific broadcasting |
| Religion and Community |
Secularisation. New Religious Movements. |
| Religion and the Individual |
Freud - Religious belief as an illusion. Jung - Religious belief is a product of the 'collective unconscious'. |
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Topics |
Content |
| Introduction to Buddhism (RS1/2 ER |
The life of the Buddah |
Social and religious background. Key events- Birth, Four sights, reunication, Enlightenment, Decsion to teach, death |
| Central Concepts |
Historical Buddha- The three jewls, The wheel of life, The three marks of existance |
| Buddhist Life Style |
Four Noble Truths, Noble eight fold path, Monasticism of the Sangah, Lay Monstic precepts |
| Central practices |
Meditation, Vipassana, Samatha, Zazen, Puja |
