Y12 Religious Studies Component 1: Philosophy of religion Students explore the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence. ● Philosophy and its methods ● Philosophical language and thought ● The existence of God ● God and the world Component 2: Religion and ethics Students explore key concepts and the works of influential thinkers, ethical theories and their application: ● Normative ethical theories: religious approaches ● Normative ethical theories: non-religious approaches ● The application of ethical theory to two contemporary issues of importance Component 3: Developments in Christian thought Students study Christianity systematically. They explore: ● Religious beliefs, values and teachings, their interconnections and how they vary historically and in the contemporary world ● Sources of religious wisdom and authority ● Practices which shape and express religious identity, and how these vary within a tradition