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RE UNIT 3.4 - RELIGION AND COMMUNITY COHESION (How and why attitudes to…
RE UNIT 3.4 - RELIGION AND COMMUNITY COHESION
How and why attitudes to the roles of men and women have changed in the UK
2nd half of 19th century - accepted married women stayed home to look after children
1882&1975 - women had rights to keep property separate from husband, vote in elections + become MPs & receive same pay as men
1976 Sex Discrimination Act - aim to reduce sexism - attitudes were slow to change
Why attitudes changed
Suffragette movement - women not prepared to be treated 2nd class
In 1st + 2nd wars, women did men's jobs just as well - wanted to stay after wars
Development for equal rights for women in different countries - hard to claim they weren't needed in the UK
Social + industrial developments in 1950s+60s - need for more women workers
UN Declaration of Human Rights + development of feminist movement - more equal rights had to be accepted
Labour government of 1964-70 + 1974-9 - dedicated to equal rights for women
The work of the Catholic Church to help asylum seekers and immigrant workers
How the Catholic Church helps:
Office for Refugee policy - keeps a watch on what's happening + prepares reports for bishops on immigration - helps Catholic Church to work with refugees
Parishes help local refugees: leaflets available in immigrant languages, English language classes + collecting things to set up homes for immigrants
Legal advice clinics - help with legal issues of coming to UK
Masses in other languages - immigrant workers can maintain faith + worship
Why the Catholic Church helps:
Bible - teaches God is God of justice - wants followers to behave justly to everyone
Catholic Church teaches no one should be oppressed + thinks Christians should seek justice for the oppressed
Teaching of good Samaritan + sheep and goats
Jesus himself was a refugee + asylum seeker when they fled to Egypt to avoid Herod's slaughter of the innocents
Issues raised for religion by a multi-faith society
Conversion
Some religions think it's their duty to convert everyone because:
Think their religion is only true religion
Think only way for followers of other religions to get to heaven is by conversion
Holy books teach them they should convert non-believers
Trying to convert other religions can cause problems because:
Treating people differently because of religion + trying to convert them is discrimination
Impossible to tell which religion is wrong unless you've studied them all - people trying to convert others haven't done this
Can lead to arguments + violence if you're told your religion is wrong
Bringing up children
Most religions encourage parents to ensure children are brought up in their religion + become part of it
Most teach only those who follow their religion will have life after death + parents worry what will happen to children after death if they don't stay in the religion
Social + peer pressures compel parents to exert pressure on children to remain in the faith
Children in state schools - tempted away from religious lifestyles + into lifestyles of other non-religious teenagers
Interfaith Marriages
Often both couples must be members of the same religion to have a religious wedding ceremony
Question of which religion the children will be brought up in
Problem of what will happen to the couple after death
Parents + relatives of the couple often feel like they've been betrayed
The UK as a multi-faith society
Benefits of living in a multi-faith society:
People can learn more about other religions - see what's similar
People see other religions in practise - make them think about how they practise their religion
People may come to understand why different religions believe what they do - gets people to think about own beliefs
People likely to be more understanding of different beliefs + be more respectful
Religious freedom + understanding will exist in a multi-faith society - stop religious conflict
Make people think about religion more as they see religious ideas never come across before
Different Christian attitudes to equal rights for women in religion
Catholic Attitude
Men + women - equal in society+religion - can't be priests (represent Jesus)
Genesis 1 - created same time in His image - equal status
Catechism - both equal - should have equal rights in religion+society
Only men priests - represent Jesus in Mass + apostles were men- and priests and bishops are successors of apostles
Protestant Christian Attitude (traditional)
Evangelical - separate roles - can't have equal roles in religion. Women shouldn't speak in Church + only men leaders + teachers
St. Paul taught women shouldn't speak in Church - Bible
St. Paul - Genesis- man created first - must have been given more rights
Jesus had women followers - only chose men as apostles
Tradition of Church - only male leaders
Protestant Christian Attitude (modern)
Men and women - equal rights - some have women ministers and priests
Genesis 1 - created at the same time in His image - equal status
Some letters - St. Paul teaches men and women equal in Christ
Evidence in gospels when Jesus treated women as equals - women disciples at cross-men ran away - after resurrection Jesus appeared to women first
Some evidence of women priests in early Church
How an issue from religion and community cohesion has been dealt with in the media
Issue from media = women vicars (Vicar of Dibley)
Why the issue was chosen by producers
How it was presented (list main events + the way the events explored the issue)
Whether the presentation treated religious beliefs fairly
Whether the presentation treated religious people fairly
Why Catholics should help to promote racial harmony
Good Samaritan - showed races who hated each other should love each other as neighbours
St. Peter - vision from God telling him not to discriminate as God has no favourite race
St. Paul - taught all races are equal in Christ since God created all races in His image
Catholic Church - members from every race
Catholic cardinals + bishops pf every race + colour of skin
Catholic Church dedicated to fighting racism in all forms - teaching of Catechism
Differences among Christians in their attitudes to other religions
INCLUSIVISM - Catholic
People can come to God through all different religions - Christianity has full truth
Catechism
Jesus -> Son of God - shows what God is like
Bible - says salvation comes through believing in Jesus - though God can be contacted by other religions
EXCLUSIVISM - Evangelical Protestant
Christianity the only way to come to God - should try to convert everyone to Christianity
Jesus said He was the only way to God
Think converting non-Christian neighbour is a way to love them - way of getting them to heaven
Jesus said Christians have to convert all nations
PLURALISM - Liberal Protestant
All religions are equal + just different ways of finding God
Bible = word of God
Believe God is a force like gravity - can be discovered by us in different ways
See people of other religions to live good holy lives
Believe there's room for other religions in heaven - Jesus said there's many rooms in heaven
Government action to promote community cohesion in the UK
To remove problems of racism, prejudice + discrimination, need to promote community cohesion. Government does this by:
Race Relations Act - unlawful to discriminate against anyone because of race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion, or to stir up hatred
Crime + Disorder Act - severe punishments for racial or religious hatred
Racial + Religious Hatred Act - an offence to use threatening words or behaviour about religious beliefs or lack
Equality + Human Rights Commission - equality + human rights for all, to get rid of discrimination
Making community cohesion part of National Curriculum
Why community cohesion is important for multi-faith + multi-ethnic societies
Without it - people have different ideas about what society should look like - leads to violence
People lose sense of allegiance to Britain
Countries without it - violence is a way of life
Lack of it - impossible for people to co-operate in the way modern civilised living needs
Community cohesion is about:
How to avoid bad effects of prejudice + discrimination
How to encourage different groups to work together
How to ensure respect for everyone
Ways in which religions work to promote community cohesion in the UK
Different religions - trying to work out what's similar in their religions. From this they can work out a way of living together without trying to convert each other
Helping interfaith marriages:
Protestant Churches+Liberal or Reform Jewish synagogues developed special wedding services for mixed faith couples
Some religious leaders set up a website to offer help + advice to couples from different religions
Bringing up children
Some Protestant Churches + Liberal or Reform Jewish synagogues encourage mixed faith parents to bring up children in both faiths
Leaders from main religious groups have agreed to teach the main religions practised in the UK in schools
Community cohesion:
National groups for UK - inter faith network
Groups in towns + cities bringing together different religious groups in the area
Individual places of worship work together
The nature of the UK as a multi-ethnic society
Problems of discrimination and racism
Racially prejudiced employers won't give jobs to certain ethnic or religious groups
Prejudiced landlords - likely to refuse accommodation to some ethnic or religious groups
Teachers could be prejudiced towards some ethnic or religious groups - could affect education of some students
Prejudice police officers could discriminate against certain ethnic or religious groups eg. stopping to search with no reason
Leads to:
Certain groups being treated unfairly by society - could begin to work against it
Some politicians think young black people turn to crime because they can't get well paid jobs because of discrimination
Some politicians think young Muslims turn to extremist groups because they can't succeed in a prejudice British society
Racism + discrimination lead to groups like BNP stirring up hatred + violence
Benefits of living in a multi-ethnic society
People of different ethnic groups and nationalities will get to know + like each other, possibly intermarry
More progress made - new people will bring in new ideas
Life more interesting - greater variety of food, music, fashion + entertainment
Helps people to live + work in a world of multi-national companies + economic interdependence between all nations
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