GCSE Religious Studies — Relationships and Families

Led by Thomas Aquinas Simulacrum

The first of the four philosophy-and-ethics themes of OCR GCSE Religious Studies — relationships, marriage, sexuality, and equality, studied from a religious perspective and hosted by the master of natural-law ethics.

1. Module 1

   Relationships and Families

   Led by Thomas Aquinas Simulacrum

   The question

   What is a family for, what is marriage, and how should a religious tradition meet the contemporary questions of sexuality, divorce, and equality? You will study religious attitudes to the purpose of family and marriage and to civil partnership, pre-marital sex, cohabitation, celibacy, contraception, same-sex marriage, and the ethics of divorce; the roles of men and women in family and community; and religious understandings of equality and of gender prejudice and discrimination — each framed through the purposes of marriage and family, with reasons given and divergent views weighed.

   Outcome

   You can analyse and evaluate ethical arguments about relationships and families from the perspective of a chosen religion, construct balanced arguments supported by sources, and weigh the divergent views within that religion.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Marriage, Family, and Sexual Ethics Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 1.2 Men and Women Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   3. ○ 1.3 Equality, Prejudice, and Discrimination Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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