GCSE RE Social Harmony (Religion and Equality) Aims of the

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GCSE RE

• Social Harmony
• (Religion and Equality)

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Aims of the unit

• To know Christian teaching on equality.
• To know what the roles of men and women are.
• To know what Christianity teaches about male and
  female roles.
• To understand what racial harmony is.
• To understand what Christianity teaches about
  other religions.

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Keywords(Match them up!)

• Prejudice
• Discrimination.
• Racism.
• Sexism
• Multi Ethnic
• Multi - Faith

• Many different cultures and races living together
  in one society.
• Believing some people are inferior without
  knowing them.
• Discriminating against someone because of their
  race.
• Treating people differently because you are
  prejudiced against them.
• Many different religions living together in one
  society.
• Discriminating against someone because of their
  gender.

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What does Christianity teach about equality?

• Bible
• There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free,
  male nor female, for you are all one in Christ
  Jesus.
• Jesus
• Treated all people the same, regardless of their
  differences.
• Treat other people as you want to be treated
• The Good Samaritan.

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What does Christianity teach about male and
female roles?

• Traditionally men and women have separate and
  different roles, set down by the Church and
  endorsed by God.
• Women have a duty to run a Christian home.
• Men have a duty to provide.
• Men must love their wives as they Christ loved
  the church, but men are the head of the household
  and the church.

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Teachings

• Old wedding ceremony, women promise to love,
  honour and OBEY, men promise to love and
  honour
• Paul wrote (in the bible)
• Wives submit to your husbands
• A woman should learn quietness and submission
• A woman should not teach or have authority over
  a man

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Modern Christianity

• Men and women are equal and have equal roles.
• God created humans in his own image (Gen 127)
• Example
• Women priests allowed in Protestant church.
  Modern
• Not allowed in Catholic church. Traditional

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What are the roles of men and women?

• Historically men provide, women raise family.
• Man Hunter, Women Nurturer.
• Now men and women have equal rights in the eyes
  of the law. Became illegal to discriminate on the
  ground of gender in 1975.
• (Practise is sometimes different to theory.)

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Hindu Teaching

• Traditional culture men are protectors, women
  are child rearers and homemakers.
• Attitudes are changing, equal rights given in
  late 1940s ((35 years before UK!!).
• In the future women will have their place
  (1913)
• Holy Books
• Father protects woman in childhood, husband in
  adulthood, children in old age
• Wedding Ceremony
• Go to your husbands home, take charge of it and
  have children
• Death of husband women used to throw themselves
  on funeral pyre no place in the world without
  him.

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In your own words

• Describe Christian teachings about the roles of
  men and women. (8 marks)
• Explain why the Catholic Church does not allow
  women to become priests. (7 marks)

• If the church wants to grow in the 21st century
  it should allow men and women equal status.
• Do you agree?
• Give reasons for your answer showing you have
  considered at least 2 points of view, one of the
  should be religious. (5 marks)