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Flashcards by blueaweiss, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is identity? | 1) What make you, you 2) Can be personality, ethnicity, attitudes, appearance etc |
| Define social justice? | Is when everyone in society is treated fairly and their basic human rights are satisfied |
| Define social responsibility? | The idea that we should consider the impact our actions have on the rest of society, not just on our own lives |
| Define Human dignity? | The idea that human life is valuable, and every person has the right to be treated with respect |
| Name 5 authorities? | 1) The Law 2) A persons own conscience 3) Religious leaders 4) Sacred texts 5) The Media |
| How is the media becoming more important? and what it | Church attendances are falling and the media is everywhere and has huge authority however the issue is that newspapers can have political bias be xenophobic or misrepresent |
| What in the bible shows christians to share there wealth? (give quotes) | Bible encourages charity ''the man with two tunics should share with him who has none'' |
| What shows Christians not to be wealthy? ( give quotes) get 3 | ''blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth'' ''you can't serve God and money'' ''it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye o anneal than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of god'' ''do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth'' earthly riches are only temporary |
| Give examples of Christians relieving poverty? | Catholic church '' rich nations have a grave moral responsibility towards nations which are unable to ensure the means of their development by themselves' Christian Aid and CAFOD relieve poverty Mother Teresa devoted her life to the destitute and dying in calcutta India. |
| What is the muslim teaching on wealth? give quotes | Greed and waste are frowned upon as possessions ultimately belong to Allah. ''Do not shut your money bag; otherwise Allah to will with- hold his blessing from you.'' Income must come through honest means gambling is forbidden and moneylending is seen as immoral if interest has to be paid. |
| What is the muslim teaching on relieving the poor? Give a quote | Zakah- must donate 2.5% of income to charity Sadaqah - additional aid Islamic chairties include islamic relief and muslim aid. ''Whoever is made wealthy be Allah and does not pay the Zakah of his wealth, then on the day of resurrection his wealth will be made like a bald headed poisonous male snake….and say 'I am your wealth, I am you treasure' |
| Define prejudice and discrimination? | prejudice - judging someone with no good reason or without full knowledge of a situation discrimination - unjust treatment often result of prejudice |
| How is the bible anti prejudice? quotes | 1) 'do to others what you would have them do to you' 2) Parable of the good samaritan 3) 'do not deprive the alien' 'loose the gains of injustice and unite the chords of the yoke, to se the oppressed free' 4) Jesus spoke to Lepur |
| Define racial harmony? | races living and working together peacefully |
| Where does the bible stand in terms of sex discrimination? | Jesus treated his followers of both sexes equally but in St Paul's letter ' I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a many she be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve..it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through child bearing' However ' there is neither…male nor female, for you are all one in Christ' |
| Explain Muslim attitudes to equality ? quotes | All created equal by Allah but he intended differences 'and of his signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colours' Muslims all over the world united by the ummah. Muhammed's speech ' black no better than white , arab no better than non arab' On hajj all where the modest Ihram to show all equal toward Allah Finally unity in that all pray 5 times a day |
| What is the Muslim teaching on gender equality? | Men and women have an equal obligation to allah. In early Islam many female scholars However 'men are in charge of women by right of what Allah has given one over the other' - but may mean they have different roles Women discouraged from attending the mosque and can't lead male prayer |
| What is an example of Christian responding to injustice? | Christian Aid was set up tries to create development by 'helping people help themselves' work in the third world in education sanitation etc Also the Boaz trust helps failed asylum seekers |
| What is an example of Mulsims responding to injustice? | Muslim Aid- provides disaster relief and helps development Islamic relief - tries to reduce those live in deprivation |
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