Learning Objective:
- Understand the role of religious organisations within leisure e.g. chaplains, Christians in Sport.
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The Ides of March: What factors influence Christians in their attitude towards capital punishment?
Learning Objectives:
- Consideration of whether capital punishment is ever justifiable.
Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy: Which crimes, if any, are so great that they warrant the death of the perpetrator?
Learning Objectives:
- Understand different theories of punishment.
- Consideration of the treatment of convicted prisoners.
- Consideration of whether capital punishment is ever justifiable.
Doctor Who: The Almost People: What causes prejudice?
Learning Objectives:
- Awareness of the causes and results of prejudice.
- Awareness of the consequences of prejudice and discrimination.
- Understanding of Christian teaching about prejudice as a concept.
The King’s Speech: What difference does divorce make to somebody remarrying?
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding of different Christian views on divorce and remarriage.
Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy: How can competing rights be reconciled when crimes have been committed, so that everyone gets justice?
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concepts of justice and injustice.
- Awareness of Christian teaching about judgement, forgiveness and punishment.
- Understanding the concept of human rights.
- Consideration of society’s obligation to protect its weaker members.
Euan Murray and the 2011 Rugby World Cup: How do Christians attempt to understand and interpret the Bible?
Learning Objectives:
- Awareness of different Christian beliefs about the authority, inspiration and interpretation of the Bible.
- Awareness of how individual Christians base their lives on the teaching of the Bible.
Doctor Who: Asylum of the Daleks: What is a soul and does it exist?
Captain America: The First Avenger: What are human beings like?
Learning Objectives:
- Understand Christian teaching about the concept of sin.
- Understand what Christians believe about the consequences of sin in people’s lives today.
- Understand what Christians believe about the eternal consequences of sin.
Women’s Cricket and Pay Disparity: In what ways are men and women different, and which areas of life should those differences affect?
Learning Objectives:
- Awareness of different Christian views on the roles of men and women.
- Awareness of modern Christians who have worked to oppose gender prejudice, and Jesus’ treatment of women.
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