Year 8 Religious Studies

Overview

Term	What are we learning
1	Islam	Prophet Muhammed, The Quran, Hijra and conquest of mecca, Muhammed- his night journey and radical nature of his final sermon
2	Islam	Shia/ Sunni split and the global pattern, The caliphates including the golden age of Abbasid caliphate, 5 pillars, Hajj in depth and exploration of logistics of hajj today, Jihad
3	Philosophy of religion	What are the criteria for a valid argument? God of classical theism, Theism/Atheism and Agnosticism, The design argument
4	Philosophy of religion	Evaluating the Design argument as proof of God Cosmological Argument including Kalam Evaluating the Cosmological Argument as proof of God The problem of evil and evaluating theodicies responding to problem of evil Religious experience and their value
5	Hinduism	The search for origins ‘Hinduism’ as a ‘religion’ The caste system, The Vedic period, The Upanishads Example of deity worship and investigation into Hindu plurality through an ethnographic survey (productive expertise), Concept of God in Hinduism, The Trimurti and the Goddess, Understanding of the self- the Atman, Karma, Samsara, Reincarnation and Moksha
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Links	https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-3/subjects/religious-education