PHILOSOPHY DUNGEON
  • Philosophy of Religion
    • The Anthology >
      • Mackie >
        • Mackie 1
        • Mackie 2
        • Mackie 3
        • Mackie summary
      • Flew & Hare >
        • Flew
        • Hare
        • Flew & Hare summary
      • Mitchell & Flew >
        • Mitchell
        • Flew conclusion
        • Mitchell & Flew summary
      • Copleston & Russell >
        • Argument from Contingency
        • Religious Experience
        • Copleston & Russell summary
    • Nature & Influence of Religious Experience >
      • Nature of Religious Experience >
        • Definitions of God
        • Theism & Monism
        • P.I.N.T.
        • Types of Religious Experience
        • Revelation
        • Naturalistic Interpretations
        • Objectivism vs Subjectivism
        • Scholar: James
        • Scholar: Otto
      • Influence of Religious Experience >
        • Inductive Reasoning
        • Appearance & Reality
        • Credulity & Testimony
        • Strengths & Weaknesses
        • Scholar: Swinburne
        • Scholar: Hick
        • Scholar: Dawkins
        • Scholar: Persinger
    • Philosophical Issues & Questions >
      • Cosmological Argument >
        • Deductive vs Inductive
        • A Posteriori Arguments
        • Interpreting Experience
        • Motion, Cause & Contingency
        • Kalam Argument
        • Sufficient Reason
        • Probability Not Proof
        • Brute Fact
        • Infinite Regress
        • Necessary Existence
        • Philosophical Language & Thought
        • Issues: Big Bang Theory
        • Scholar: Aquinas
        • Scholar: Hume
        • Scholar: Kant
      • Design Argument >
        • Inductive Reasoning
        • A Posteriori Arguments
        • Interpreting Experience
        • Cumulative Experience
        • Order & Regularity
        • Analogy
        • Anthropic Principle
        • Probability Not Proof
        • Challenges to Design
        • Alternatives to Design
        • Philosophical Language & Thought
        • Issues in Design Today
        • Scholar: Paley
        • Scholar: Hume
      • Ontological Argument >
        • Deductive vs Inductive
        • Probability Not Proof
        • A Priori Arguments
        • Analytic Propositions
        • Necessary Existence
        • Challenges to the Argument
        • Philosophical Language
        • Philosophical Issues
        • Scholar: Anselm
        • Scholar: Russell
    • Problem of Evil & Suffering >
      • Problems with Evil >
        • Nature of the Problem
        • Scholar: Hume
        • Scholar: Mackie
      • Solutions to the Problem of Evil >
        • Creation is Good
        • Creation is Mixed
        • Freewill Defence
        • Process Theodicy
        • Strengths & Weaknesses
        • Scholar: Augustine
        • Scholar: Irenaeus
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  • Philosophy of Religion
    • The Anthology >
      • Mackie >
        • Mackie 1
        • Mackie 2
        • Mackie 3
        • Mackie summary
      • Flew & Hare >
        • Flew
        • Hare
        • Flew & Hare summary
      • Mitchell & Flew >
        • Mitchell
        • Flew conclusion
        • Mitchell & Flew summary
      • Copleston & Russell >
        • Argument from Contingency
        • Religious Experience
        • Copleston & Russell summary
    • Nature & Influence of Religious Experience >
      • Nature of Religious Experience >
        • Definitions of God
        • Theism & Monism
        • P.I.N.T.
        • Types of Religious Experience
        • Revelation
        • Naturalistic Interpretations
        • Objectivism vs Subjectivism
        • Scholar: James
        • Scholar: Otto
      • Influence of Religious Experience >
        • Inductive Reasoning
        • Appearance & Reality
        • Credulity & Testimony
        • Strengths & Weaknesses
        • Scholar: Swinburne
        • Scholar: Hick
        • Scholar: Dawkins
        • Scholar: Persinger
    • Philosophical Issues & Questions >
      • Cosmological Argument >
        • Deductive vs Inductive
        • A Posteriori Arguments
        • Interpreting Experience
        • Motion, Cause & Contingency
        • Kalam Argument
        • Sufficient Reason
        • Probability Not Proof
        • Brute Fact
        • Infinite Regress
        • Necessary Existence
        • Philosophical Language & Thought
        • Issues: Big Bang Theory
        • Scholar: Aquinas
        • Scholar: Hume
        • Scholar: Kant
      • Design Argument >
        • Inductive Reasoning
        • A Posteriori Arguments
        • Interpreting Experience
        • Cumulative Experience
        • Order & Regularity
        • Analogy
        • Anthropic Principle
        • Probability Not Proof
        • Challenges to Design
        • Alternatives to Design
        • Philosophical Language & Thought
        • Issues in Design Today
        • Scholar: Paley
        • Scholar: Hume
      • Ontological Argument >
        • Deductive vs Inductive
        • Probability Not Proof
        • A Priori Arguments
        • Analytic Propositions
        • Necessary Existence
        • Challenges to the Argument
        • Philosophical Language
        • Philosophical Issues
        • Scholar: Anselm
        • Scholar: Russell
    • Problem of Evil & Suffering >
      • Problems with Evil >
        • Nature of the Problem
        • Scholar: Hume
        • Scholar: Mackie
      • Solutions to the Problem of Evil >
        • Creation is Good
        • Creation is Mixed
        • Freewill Defence
        • Process Theodicy
        • Strengths & Weaknesses
        • Scholar: Augustine
        • Scholar: Irenaeus
  • Contact
  • Blog

Ethics (Unit 2) study guides now out

These take a lot of work to write! They cover the content for Unit 1 (Religion & Ethics), with examples, evaluations and the key scholars as well as glossaries and sample exam questions. Books 1-3 cover Year 1/AS and books 4-6 complete the A-Level paper.
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1: Significant concepts in religion & ethics
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2: A study of three ethical theories
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3. Application of theories (War & Sexual Ethics)
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AS/Year 1 Ethics Study Guide (Topics 1-3 combined)

New Testament (Unit 3) study guides

These study guides have been incredibly popular. They talk you through the content for Unit 3 (New Testament Studies), with examples, evaluations and the key scholars examined alongside the anthology. There are also glossaries and sample exam questions. Books 1-3 cover Year 1/AS and books 4-6 complete the A-Level paper.
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1: Context of the New Testament
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2: The Person of Jesus
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3: Interpreting the Text
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4: Ways of Interpreting the Scripture
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5. Kingdom of God, Conflict, Crucifixion & Resurrection
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6. Challenges & Ethical Living
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AS/Year 1 Study Guide (combines books 1-3)
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Year 2 Study Guide (combines books 4-6)

Revision guides out now

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New Testament Studies Revision Guide 1 (AS/Year 1)
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New Testament Studies Revision Guide 2 (Year 2)
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New Testament Studies Complete Revision Guide (Year 1 + 2)
These Revision Guides briefly summarise the material explained in detail in the 6 Study Guides, but also include comprehension questions, revision activities and sample exam papers in the style of the Specimen Papers on the Edexcel website
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Is Religious Studies a bit like this?

It doesn't have to be this way!

Yes, A-Level Religious Studies can feel like a Fortress of Despair, full of unlit chambers, horrible monsters like the Wittgenstein and the Naturalistic Fallacy and deeper caverns where Bible stories live.
Visit the Edexcel Site
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New Edexcel RS Anthology
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Confusing, isn't it? Wouldn't it be nice if you had a Dungeon Guide to point out the traps, explain the strange symbols on the walls and shed a bit of light on the whole thing? 
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This is what exam specifications look like to me
​That's what this site is. I'm not associated with Edexcel but I shall share my course resources here for any teachers or students to use. 
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Let's get started. There are four units (exam papers) and students will be preparing for three of them.

Philosophy of Religion

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This is where I'll be starting, looking at arguments for God's existence, religious experiences, the "Problem of Evil", religious language, life and death and the famous Bertrand Russell/Fr Coplestone Debate

Religion & Ethics

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This may be familiar to you from GCSE. We'll look at environmentalism and equality, ethical theories like Utilitarianism, Natural Moral Law and Situation Ethics, war & peace, sexual ethics and medical ethics as well as the dreaded "meta-ethics" and the works of Kant and Aristotle

New Testament Studies

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You can buy the Study Guides for Unit 3 on Amazon

World Religions: Christianity

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With a focus on Christianity, we'll look at the nature of God and the Church, beliefs about the Bible and Jesus Christ and how these are expressed in worship and ethics, as well as Christian responses to science, secularisation, equality and multiculturalism.
Crash Course Philosophy have a fantastic series of videos that supports most topics in this course: this one is a great starting point for all A-Level students
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