RELIGIOUS STUDIES Paper 2B Study of religion and dialogues: Christianity
Monday 11 June 2018 Morning Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The paper reference is 7062/2B. • Answer: – both two-part questions from Section A, and – one question from Section B, and – one question from Section C. • Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 100. • In each two-part question in Section A, the first part tests your knowledge and understanding, while the second part tests your skills of reasoning and evaluation. • The one-part questions in Sections B and C test your knowledge and understanding and your skills of reasoning and evaluation. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
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Section A: Study of Christianity
Answer both questions in this section.
Each question has two parts.
Question 1
0 1 . 1 Examine Christian beliefs about God as Personal.
[10 marks]
and
0 1 . 2 ‘There is little agreement in Christianity about the nature of life after death.’
Evaluate this claim.
[15 marks]
Question 2
0 2 . 1 Examine why there are different Christian views about the place of women in Christianity. [10 marks]
and
0 2 . 2 ‘Christianity has a negative attitude to homosexuals and transgender people.’
Evaluate this claim.
[15 marks]
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Section B: The dialogue between philosophy and Christianity
Answer one question from this section.
Either
Question 3
0 3 . 1 ‘Philosophical understandings of religious experience undermine Christian beliefs
about the authority of the Bible.’
Critically examine and evaluate this view with reference to the dialogue between Christianity and philosophy. [25 marks]
or
Question 4
0 4 . 1 ‘Miracles do not happen.’
Critically examine and evaluate this view with reference to the dialogue between Christianity and philosophy. [25 marks]
Turn over for Section C
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Section C: The dialogue between ethics and Christianity
Answer one question from this section.
Either
Question 5
0 5 . 1 ‘Christian attitudes to animals are consistent with the views of natural moral law.’
Critically examine and evaluate this view with reference to the dialogue between Christianity and natural moral law. [25 marks]
or
Question 6
0 6 . 1 ‘There should be no limits on freedom of religious expression.’
Critically examine and evaluate this view with reference to the dialogue between Christianity and Bentham’s approach to moral decision making. [25 marks]
END OF QUESTIONS
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