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🕊️ GCSE Religious Studies Flashcards
Beliefs, practices and ethical themes — 10 free revision cards. Study them below, or add the whole deck to Recall and let FSRS spaced repetition schedule your revision so it actually sticks.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
1. Shahadah — declaration of faith
2. Salah — five daily prayers
3. Zakat — almsgiving (2.5%)
4. Sawm — fasting during Ramadan
5. Hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
2. Salah — five daily prayers
3. Zakat — almsgiving (2.5%)
4. Sawm — fasting during Ramadan
5. Hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
What is the Trinity in Christianity?
One God in three Persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.
Central to most mainstream Christian theology (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant). Affirmed in the Nicene Creed.
Central to most mainstream Christian theology (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant). Affirmed in the Nicene Creed.
What is karma in Hinduism and Buddhism?
The principle that actions have consequences — good actions bring positive results (in this or future lives), bad actions bring suffering.
Closely linked to samsara (cycle of rebirth) and moksha/nirvana (liberation from it).
Closely linked to samsara (cycle of rebirth) and moksha/nirvana (liberation from it).
State the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.
1. Dukkha — life involves suffering
2. Samudaya — suffering arises from craving/attachment (tanha)
3. Nirodha — suffering can cease
4. Magga — the Eightfold Path leads to its cessation
2. Samudaya — suffering arises from craving/attachment (tanha)
3. Nirodha — suffering can cease
4. Magga — the Eightfold Path leads to its cessation
What is the Sermon on the Mount?
A collection of Jesus' teachings (Matthew 5-7), including:
- The Beatitudes ("Blessed are the poor in spirit...")
- The Lord's Prayer
- "Turn the other cheek"
- "Love your enemies"
A core summary of Christian ethics.
- The Beatitudes ("Blessed are the poor in spirit...")
- The Lord's Prayer
- "Turn the other cheek"
- "Love your enemies"
A core summary of Christian ethics.
What is the Pesach (Passover)?
Jewish festival commemorating the Exodus from Egypt.
Key elements: Seder meal, eating matzah (unleavened bread), retelling the story from the Haggadah, leaving food/wine for Elijah.
Key elements: Seder meal, eating matzah (unleavened bread), retelling the story from the Haggadah, leaving food/wine for Elijah.
What are the main arguments for the existence of God?
Cosmological: the universe must have a first cause (Aquinas).
Teleological/Design: the universe shows order and purpose (Paley's watch).
Ontological: God is "that than which nothing greater can be conceived" (Anselm).
Moral: objective morality requires a moral lawgiver.
Teleological/Design: the universe shows order and purpose (Paley's watch).
Ontological: God is "that than which nothing greater can be conceived" (Anselm).
Moral: objective morality requires a moral lawgiver.
What is the problem of evil?
If God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, why does evil and suffering exist?
Theodicies (defences) include: free will, the Augustinian (Fall), Irenaean (soul-making) responses.
Theodicies (defences) include: free will, the Augustinian (Fall), Irenaean (soul-making) responses.
Compare situation ethics and utilitarianism.
Situation ethics (Fletcher): the most loving thing to do (agape) is always right — Christian-rooted.
Utilitarianism (Bentham, Mill): the greatest happiness for the greatest number — secular, consequentialist.
Both are consequentialist, but differ on the measure.
Utilitarianism (Bentham, Mill): the greatest happiness for the greatest number — secular, consequentialist.
Both are consequentialist, but differ on the measure.
What are Just War conditions?
Jus ad bellum (going to war): just cause, proper authority, right intention, last resort, proportional, reasonable chance of success.
Jus in bello (during war): proportionality, discrimination (no civilians).
Tradition: Augustine, Aquinas.
Jus in bello (during war): proportionality, discrimination (no civilians).
Tradition: Augustine, Aquinas.
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