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Three 2-hour papers, each of four essay questions with three answered, 40 marks each
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Philosophy of religion (H573/01)
One 2-hour paper of four essay questions, three answered, 40 marks each (120 marks, 33.3% of the A level)
Philosophical language and thoughtFree: The existence of GodGod and the worldThe nature of GodReligious language: negative, analogical or symbolicReligious language: twentieth-century perspectivesPractice: Plato and AristotlePractice: Soul, mind and bodyFree practice: Design and cosmological argumentsPractice: The ontological argumentPractice: Religious experiencePractice: The problem of evilPractice: The nature of GodPractice: Apophatic way, analogy, symbolPractice: Twentieth-century language - 3
Religion and ethics (H573/02)
One 2-hour paper of four essay questions, three answered, 40 marks each (120 marks, 33.3% of the A level)
Normative ethics: religious approachesNormative ethics: Kant and utilitarianismApplied ethics: euthanasia and businessEthical language: meta-ethicsSignificant ideas: conscienceDevelopments in ethical thought: sexual ethicsPractice: Natural lawPractice: Situation ethicsPractice: Kantian ethicsPractice: UtilitarianismPractice: EuthanasiaPractice: Business ethicsPractice: Meta-ethicsPractice: ConsciencePractice: Sexual ethics - 4
Developments in Christian thought (H573/03)
One 2-hour paper of four essay questions, three answered, 40 marks each (120 marks, 33.3% of the A level)
Insight: human nature and the afterlifeFoundations: knowing God and the person of JesusLiving: Christian moral principles and actionDevelopment: religious pluralismSociety: genderChallenges: secularism and liberation theologyPractice: Augustine on human naturePractice: Death and the afterlifePractice: Knowledge of GodPractice: The person of JesusPractice: Christian moral principlesPractice: BonhoefferPractice: Pluralism and theologyPractice: Pluralism and societyPractice: Gender and societyPractice: Gender and theologyPractice: SecularismPractice: Liberation theology