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RE UNIT 8
Edexcel RE Unit 8 Key Term
Term | Definition |
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Bible | Christians holy book |
Church | The global community of Christians |
Conscience | An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action. An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of the situation |
Decalogue | The 10 Commandments. |
Democratic processes | The ways in which all citizens can take part in the government (usually through elections). |
Electoral processes | The ways in which voting is organised |
The Golden rule | The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you |
Human rights | The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled. |
Political party | A group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of its polices eg Labour, Conservative |
Pressure group | A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue |
Situation ethics | The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do |
Social change | The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also possibilities for future change). |
Artificial Insemination | injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means |
Conservation | Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment |
Creation | The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created |
Embryo | A fertilised egg in the first 8 weeks after conception |
Environment | The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live |
Global Warming | the increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect) |
Infertility | Not being able to have children |
In-vitro fertilisation | the method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube |
Natural Resources | Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans |
Organ donation | Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery |
Stewardship | Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation |
Surrogacy | An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman |
Aggression | attacking without being provoked |
Bullying | intimidating/frightening people weaker than yourself |
Conflict resolution | bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion |
Exploitation | taking advantage of a weaker group |
Forgiveness | stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for what they have done wrong |
Just war | a war which is fought for the right reasons and in a right way |
Pacifism | the belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means |
Reconciliation | bringing together people who were opposed to each other |
Respect | treating a person or their feelings with consideration |
The United Nation | an international body set up to promote world peace and cooperation |
Weapons of mass destruction | weapons which can destroy large areas and numbers of people e.g Nuclear Weapons |
World peace | the ending of war throughout the whole world (the basic aim of the United Nations) |
Addiction | a recurring compulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects |
Capital punishment | the death penalty for a crime or offense |
Crime | an act against the law |
Deterrence | the idea that punishment should be of such a nature that they will put people off committing crimes |
Judgememt | the act of judging people and their actions |
Justice | due allocation of reward and punishment/the maintenance of what is right |
Law | rules made by Parliament and enforceable by the courts |
Reform | the idea that punishments should try to change criminals so that they will not commit crimes again |
Rehabilitation | restore to normal life |
Responsibility | being responsible for one's actions |
Retribution | the idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong |
Sin | an act against the will of God |