before starting your exam -  read below

 

1.       This exam is 2 hours in length, all students must remain in the exam for 2 hours.

2.       There are FOUR SECTIONS, answer all four sections.

3.       In each Section you must answer both Part A and Part B:

(A)    Write four (4) short paragraphs about 60 words each, answer (4) NOT 7

(B)    Write one (1) short essay about 180 words, answering the Topic Question

4.       Each section is worth 60 marks:

Ø             Short paragraphs are worth 10 marks each.

Ø             Short essays are worth 20 marks.

Ø             Marks per section = 40 + 20 = 60

5.       Total Exam marks = 60 marks x 4 sections = 240/ 2.4 = 100%

6.        Spend 30 minutes on each section.

7.       Check your answers when you have finished.

 

You will gain marks by doing the following:

ü       Answering ALL parts of the Topic Question you choose.

ü       Defining clearly the meaning of the main terms of your topic.

ü       Explaining your understanding of the main ideas in the question.   

ü       Giving clear examples that show what you understand.

ü       Giving reasons, either for or against, for your answer.

ü      Asking interesting questions that show you have thought further about the topic. 

   

Revision sheet - fill each box with information from booklet 

SECTION 1 – Greek ideas of God

1. Greek Polytheism	2. Plato’s Demiurge	3. Raphael’s School of Athens	4. Aristotle’s God
5. Myths and greek philosphers  about God	6. Common Ideas of plato  & Aristotle	7. Plato & Aristotle  vs christian idea of God	8. Plato’s Cave

 

SECTION 2 – HEBREW (JEWISH) & CHRISTIAN IDEAS OF GOD

1. Humans are not self created	2. Hebrew scriptures about God	3. Christian Scriptures about God	4. Job’s understanding of God
5. St. Paul on God	6. Genesis on God	7. Similarities between Hebrew & Christian	8. Differences between Christian and Hebrew

 

 

SECTION 3 – JESUS AND THE TRINITY

1. Infancy Narratives	2. Incarnation	3. Miracles & resurrection as signs	4. St John on God
5. three rejected Heresies	6. God as Holy Spirit	7. Council of nicea  - “Fully Human and Fully  divine”	8. Mary mother of god

 

SECTION 4 – LIFE AFTER DEATH  (L-A-D)

1. Dualism	2. Monism	3. Plato on l-a-d	4.Aristotle on l-a-d
5. Buddhism and  l-a-d	5. mind and brain &  n-d-e	6. Greyson Scale of n-d-e	7. personal accounts of NDE