key terms

• lord spiritual

  anglican bishops who sit in house of lords
• atheist

  someone who doesn’t believe in god
• agnostic

  someone who feels it’s impossible to know if god exists
• theist

  someone who believes in a divine being
• humanist

  group who believe in value of humans without religious reference
• scientific revolution

  development of modern scientific thought
• secularisation

  process by which religion loses its authority within society
• marriage

  legal union of two people
• divorce

  legal separation of a married couple, able to marry again
• racism

  prejudicial views about a particular race
• euthanasia

  gentle and easy death
• abortion

  termination of pregnancy
• prolife

  life begins at conception so unborn has a right to life so abortion is wrong
• prochoice

  a woman has ultimate rights over her body and end an unwanted pregnancy
• fertility treatments

  medical processes to bring about conception for an infertile couple
• exclusivism

  christianity alone holds the truth
• pluralism

  there is truth in all religions as path to god