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Made in Dagenham: What is a Christian approach to the subjects of employment, labour relations and trade unions?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of reasons why Christians might be concerned about issues of social justice.
  • Understanding of Christian teaching about how Christians relate with the State.
  • Consideration of the tension between personal conviction and authority.
  • Awareness of different forms of protest.
  • Awareness of the role of local, national and international pressure groups.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: What kind of God would make a world full of pain and suffering?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand some of the reasons for believing (or not believing) in the existence of God.
  • Knowledge of the ways in which, according to believers, God can be known.
  • Understanding arguments that seek to reconcile a powerful, loving God with a suffering world.

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Looper: How do we decide whether it is right to do morally questionable things for good motives?

Learning Objectives:

  • Reflect on influence of worldview in making moral decisions.
  • Awareness of how students make their own moral decisions.
  • Assess the value of Christian moral decision making.
  • Evaluate how to make moral decisions.

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Prayers for Fabrice Muamba: What is the point of praying for people who are facing extreme danger?

Learning Objectives:

  • Knowledge of what prayer is and what it is for, as understood by Christians.
  • Awareness of Jesus’ example and teaching about prayer.
  • Consideration of the relationship between prayer and faith.

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