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Model Essay – Critically assess Ayer’s view that religious language is literally senseless
The following essay was handwritten in 45 minutes. It is difficult to take Ayer’s claim seriously, since his verification principle fails…
Read MoreArticle 5: JRR Tolkien on “Sub-creation” and Fairy Stories
Tristan Stone explores how Tolkien’s essay on Fairy Stories and his notions of sub-creation and mythopoeia help solve some of the…
Read MoreModel Essay: “We cannot speak meaningfully of God.” Discuss (40 marks)
This model essay was handwritten in 45 minutes. Aquinas and Tillich are both correct in their observation that “we name God…
Read MorePowerpoint: Myth and Imaginal Theology
A look at the role of Myth within religious language, and CS Lewis and Tolkien as imaginal theologians whose re-mythology helps…
Read MoreAdvanced Article: Aquinas’ version of Natural Law
Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of Natural Law source 3.1 Basic image to explain Natural Law By way of beginning I shall use…
Read MoreExtract 6: Virtue and the Idea of Character
source A Disposition, with Respect to Actions and Feelings, Issuing in Decisions Rather than provide a definition of character or of…
Read MoreGene Editing and Morality
Gene editing already has a bewildering array of human benefits: re-creating genetic diseases in animals which help create new drugs; making…
Read MoreExtract: Schweitzer the Historical Jesus
source The Quest For the Historical Jesus (Albert Schweitzer, 1909) Chapter 20: RESULTS THOSE WHO ARE FOND OF TALKING ABOUT NEGATIVE…
Read MoreArticle: Liberation Theology Comes In From the Cold
source “I hope my life tries to give testimony to the message of the Gospel, above all that God loves the…
Read MoreEXTRACT: Catholic Church on History v Faith
source Redemptoris Missio To introduce any sort of separation between the Word and Jesus Christ is contrary to the Christian faith. St….
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Practise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
