RE Themes

• roles


  the position of a person
• responsiblity


  actions/duties you are expected to carry out
• commitment


  makind and keeping a promise
• aldultery


  choosing to have sex with someone who you are not married to
• cohabitation


  to live together in a sexual relationship without being married or in a civil partnership
• divorce


  to legally end a marriage
• contraception 


  methods used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnat during or following sexual intercourse
• gender equality


  people of all genders enjoying the same rights and oppurtunities in all aspects of their lives
• afterlife


  the life after death; the belief that existence continues after physical death
• abortion


  the ending of a pregnancy so that it does not result in the birth of a child
• environmental sustainability


  ensuring that natural resources are used but protected so that all people, animals and plant life can live well now and in the future
• quality of life

  the extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable
• euthanasia

  the act of killing or permitting the death of a person who is suffering from serious illness
• sanctity of life


  the belief that life is preciuos, or sacred; for many religiuos believers, only human life holds this special status
• evolution 


  the process by which different creatures are believed to have developed from ealier less complex forms during the history of the earth
• soul


  the spiritual aspect of a being, which come religious believe connects a person to God; also often being seen as non-physical and as living after physical death in an afterlife
• good


  considered morally right, beneficial and to our advantage
• evil


  considered extremely immoral, wicked and wrong
• forgiveness


  to grant pardon for a wrong doing; to give up resentment and the desire to seek revenge against a wrongdoer
• free will


  the ability to make choices voluntarily and independently.
• justice


  fairness; where everyone has equal provisions and oppurtunity
• morality


  the principles and standards determining which actions are right or wrong
• punishment


  a penalty given to someone for a crime or wrong they have done
• sin


  deliberate immoral action, breaking a religios or moral law
• suffering 


  pain or distress caused by injury, illness or loss; can be physical, emotional and psychological or spiritual
• retribution


  a form of revenge on behalf those who were wronged
• reparation


  criminals should have the right to "pay" for the wrong they have done
• reformation


  trying to ensure the criminal is helped to change their approach and way of life
• deterrence


  to try to discourage people from committing crimes, because they know what the punishment
• censorship


  the practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered to obscene, offensive or a threat to security
• discrimination


  acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice
• extremism


  believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
• human rights


  the basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human
• personal conviction 


  something a person strongly feels or believes in
• prejudice


  pre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without evidence
• relative poverty


  standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives
• absolute poverty


  an acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of human needs
• social justice


  promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity