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A Level Religious Studies

  • STRODE'S COLLEGE
  • LEVEL 3

Course Overview

A Level Religious Studies encourages you to consider the central concerns within all religions, alongside the ethics and philosophies behind them.

Philosophy of religion is critical reflection on our fundamental beliefs. It is an ‘ideas’ subject, and all you need to begin Philosophy is a fascination with ideas, or with ‘the big questions’ such as ‘Does God exist?’ and ‘What is evil?’

Ethics and religion is the branch of study dealing with what is the proper course of action for people. It attempts to answer the question, “What do I do?” It is the study of right and wrong in human endeavours. At a more fundamental level, it is the method by which we categorize our values and pursue them. Do we pursue our own happiness, or do we sacrifice ourselves to a greater cause?

Course Code

FP3DREL1S1

End Date

Fri, 25 Jun 2027

Entry Requirements

A minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade 9-4, this must include Grade 5 in English Language or English Literature GCSE

Course information

Component 1: Philosophy of religion and ethics and religion comprises two sections:

Philosophical arguments for the existence of God, evil and suffering and religious experience. Ethical theories, issues surrounding human life and death and issues of animal life and death.

Component 2: Study of religion comprises the study of sources of wisdom and authority, God, life after death, key moral principles and religious identity.

In the second year of A Level students will continue with their 2 components:

Component 1: Philosophy of religion: religious language, miracles and self and life after death.

Ethics and religion: meta-ethics, free will and moral responsibility, conscience, Bentham and Kant.

Component 2:

Section A: Study of religion comprising religion, gender and sexuality, religion and science, religion and secularization, religion and religious pluralism.

Section B: the dialogue between philosophy of religion and religion which is about how religion is influenced by, and has an influence on philosophy of religion in relation to the issues studied.

Section C: The dialogues between ethical studies and religion which is about how religion is influenced by and has an influence on ethical studies in relation to the issues studied.

2 Years

External exams

A Level Religious Studies

Level 3