Religious Language 1 - WHOLE UNIT! (A-Level RS OCR)

This is a whole unit of lessons to teach the Religious Language: Negative, Analogy and Symbol unit of the OCR Religious Studies A-level. It would likely be appropriate for other exam boards also.

This resources includes lesson powerpoints for the whole unit (both a student and a teacher version), an accompanying student booklet which follows the powerpoint exactly, as well as a summary table and information sheet on Tillich and the use of symbol. It is all ready to teach and supports independent, student-led learning.

This covers all the points on the OCR specification with a focus on the apophatic way, the cataphatic way and symbol. The three key approaches are explored through many scholars, including but not limited to Maimonides, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas and Tillich. Each approach is also individually evaluated, with students encouraged to make comparisons between the usefulness of different apporaches.

It encourages students to evaluate which approach to religious languge is most useful; whether or not the apophatic way enables effective understanding of theological discussion; whether or not Aquinas’ analogical approaches support effective expression of language about God; and whether or not religious discourse is comprehensible if religious language is understood as symbolic.

A complete unit of work, ready to teach!

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