This kind of question asks you to apply your knowledge to one ore more of the religions you have studied. It always starts: 'Explain how a having a religious faith might...' The examiner is asking you to examine a religious persons' actions and give suggestions for why they believe this way using religious evidence. THIS QUESTION IS WORTH A TOTAL OF 4 MARKS.

Example.
Explain how having a religious faith might encourage a person to get married.

You can choose to answer this question with a Christian in mind, or a Muslim in mind. You can even refer to both religious traditions. (Answer this question from whichever religions you've studied perspective).

To get full marks answering this question you should either give two basic points and an example OR one basic point, and example and a well-developed explanation. The examiner is looking for good use of religious language in your answers so take every opportunity to throw in some specialist terms. Without any specialist language, you are unlikely to get more than 1 mark for your answer.

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