Religious Studies

Course summary

Why choose this course? Religious Studies A Level allows you to examine the most important questions about life and evaluate the possible answers. If you like questioning why things are the way they are, this is the subject for you! It is valued by universities as a course that demands knowledge, understanding and analysis of complex themes. It is suitable for a range of pathways, with Law and Medicine being two differing but popular post A Level university courses. Course Fundamentals There are three sections to the course: • Philosophy of Religion, including: arguments for God’s existence, the problem of evil, the existence of the soul, and the validity of Religious Experience. • Ethics and Religion, including: embryo research, capital punishment, assisted suicide, animal rights, cloning, free will, and conscience. • Study of Religion (Christianity) and Dialogues, including: the afterlife, moral principles, the role of the Church, gender and sexuality, and secularism..