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Questão | Responda |
cohabitation | living together without being married |
Adultery | an act of intercourse between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner |
Divorce | the legal ending of a marriage |
Monogamy | marriage to one partner only |
polygamy | marriage to more than one partner at a time |
serial monogamy | being married to only one person at a time but divorcing and re-marrying several times |
nuclear family | mother, father and their biological children living as a unit |
extended family | nuclear family with an extension either horizontally (aunties & uncles) or vertically (grandparents) |
one-parent family | where there has been a separation, divorce or death, and only one parent is involved in bringing up the children |
procreation | making a new life/to have offspring |
promiscuity | having sex with a number of people |
civil patnership | a legally recognized union of a same-sex couple, with rights similar to those of marriage. |
mahr | mandatory payment, in the form of money or possessions paid by the groom to the bride at the time of marriage, that legally becomes her property. |
pre-marital sex | activity practised between people who are unmarried |
contract | a written or spoken agreement, |
homosexuality | sexual attraction or sexual behaviour between members of the same sex or gender. |
agnosticism | the view that the existence of God is impossible to be known or proven |
atheism | disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God |
conversion | the fact of changing one's religion or beliefs or the action of persuading someone else to change theirs. |
free will | the idea that human beings are free to make their own choices |
miracle, | an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws |
moral evil | suffering caused by humans acting in a way that is considered morally wrong e.g., bullying/murder |
natural evil | suffering which is to do with the world e.g. volcanic eruption/earthquake |
numinous | having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity. |
omni-benevolent | All-loving, or infinitely good, usually in reference to a deity or supernatural being, for example, 'God' |
omnipotent, | having unlimited/great power. |
omniscient | knowing everything/all-knowing |
prayer | a religious service, especially a regular one, addressed to God or another deity. |
abortion | the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy |
akhirah | an Islamic term referring to the afterlife |
al’Jannah | is the Islamic conception of paradise |
assisted suicide, | the act of deliberately assisting or encouraging another person to kill themselves |
barzakh | the time between death and the last day |
euthanasia | the termination of a very sick person's life in order to relieve them of their suffering |
non-voluntary euthanasia | conducted when the explicit consent of the individual concerned is unavailable This includes cases where: the person is in a coma. |
paranormal | claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation |
quality of life | the idea that life must feel like it is worth living |
resurrection, | the rising of the dead on the day of judgement |
sanctity of life | the belief that life is holy and comes from God |
voluntary euthanasia | ending life painlessly when someone in great pain and requests death |
community cohesion | society in which there is a. common vision and sense of belonging by all communities; a society in which. the diversity of people's backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and, valued. |
discrimination | the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people |
ethnic minority | a group within a community which has different national or cultural traditions from the main population. |
Interfaith marriage | is marriage between partners professing different religions. |
multi-ethnic society | has people belonging to more than one ethnic group |
multi-faith society | many different religions living together in one society |
prejudice, | preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. |
racial harmony | People of many nationalities living and working together in peace |
racism | prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race |
religious freedom | the right to practise your religion and change your religion. |
religious pluralism | accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist. |
sexism | discrimination on the basis of sex. |
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