An exemplar essay for OCR Religious Studies, scoring 36/40. Done under exam conditions.

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This is a revision powerpoint, going in relevant and key essay summaries and A* details in order to allow students to be accessible to higher grade marks. I tailored this to ideally be a prediction of the 2019 philosophy paper, however many topics I specifically wrote these revision details for, did not appear. Therefore, this may be useful in preparing for potential 2020 exam questions. Topics Included in this powerpoint are: Mind, Body and Soul Problem of Evil Attributes of God: Omnipotence 20th century perspectives: Verification and meaning Falsification symposium Language Games How I have structured these set of notes: Each powerpoint slide of notes will contain a detailed comprehensive analysis of what many scholars argue. Ideally the main (textbook) scholars of the topic. Providing criticisms of their arguments, further supported or challenged by other critics. Some slides will contain additional scholars, who propose different views. This may be useful for introducing a more specific argument to a specifically focused essay question. * Problem of Evil and Mind, Body and Soul specifically have a comprehensive set of pure evaluative points, in order to access level 6 band of analysis and depth when evaluating scholarship.

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These are very condensed and concise revision notes, useful to easily remember and quick to learn, with the information to write an A* essay on any question on the given topic. These notes were invaluable to my revision and for me attaining an A* in Religious Studies. The knowledge in these revision notes are sufficiently detailed and have are able to fill the scope/demand of any essay question within the topic. These notes focus on all aspects of Death and the Afterlife, heaven, hell, purgatory, limited and unlimited election, along with some detailed critics and supporters, evaluating their views. These set of notes are structured in order for students to write critically concise A* essays. This was an essential guide in enabling me to achieve an A* in my 2019 DCT exam, scoring nearly full marks overall.

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This is an exemplar sample essay plan of a religious pluralism and society essay focusing on inter-faith dialogue, with 3 aspects of theology of religions, exclusivism, inclusivism (scriptural reasoning) and pluralism. I memorised this essay plan for my 2019 DCT Exam and scored 40/40 making specific links to the question, allowing me to achieve A* in DCT overall. This essay plan if used correctly, can be used to answer a broad range of questions within the society chapter of Christian Thought (OCR)

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This is just a quick concise descriptive summary of scholars and explanations/ AO2 arguments that can be used to quickly conceptualise your revision for year 1 Philosophy of Religion, and make flashcards for each topic. These simple plans follow a very general structure, that can be restructured (in terms of content) to answer various exam questions. I have done this for: Ancient Philosophical Influences Soul, Mind and Body Arguments for the existence of God: From observation and reason Religious experiences Problem of evil

These essay plans are focused on: (OCR H573/01) Omnipotence Omnibenevolence

These documents are summarised essay plans for general/specific questions for religious language. The resources are very useful in achieving high marks, unfortunately, as I did not predict falsification to appear in my exams, I did not produce an essay plan for this, hence reflecting the overall price.