This is for OCR Religious Studies A-Level New Specification H573: You cannot simply “blag” an A* ({sadly, this is true :(((}) These documents provide very useful information on how to structure and write essays, but most importantly, establishing a critical tone/judgment (which is essential for consistent attainment of level 6 band for AO2) These documents focus on how to use the structure PEREL (to ensure that paragraphs are not merely asserting AO1 knowledge, but doing so in an argument-driven manner with sustained evaluation.) Whilst this also encourages specific AO2 phrases, this document provides some synoptic links that can be used to develop arguments (due to exam pressures/conditions), avoiding students from drifting off into other topics that have unsuccessfully left not linked towards the question, with tips on time management in the exam. (This structure is not objective, however if used to a critical standard, but played a massive role in achieving an A*)

These essay plans are focused on: (OCR H573/01) • Soul, Mind and Body –> General essay plan –> Category error –> Descartes Q –> Materialism vs dualism (All these plans are critical and comprehensive, and essential in aiding me achieve an A* in religious studies)

This is a comprehensive, critical essay plan on situation ethics, covering many aspects of Kant’s explanation, along with evaluative pointers and critics to add weight to your argument. The detail in this plan provides a variety of approaches that can be taken when writing an essay regarding kantian ethics. This essay is applicable to a general question on Kant’s ethics as a helpful method as well as being able to be tailored to an essay focusing specifically on duty. The content in this document, if correct links are made, can be used to answer many essay Qs in the following topics, accessing level 5/6 bands for AO1 and AO2 when writing essays. These essays contain very nice broad introductions (AO1), that can be applied to any KE essay and conclusion (AO2), needing to be tailored to specific Q.

This is a comprehensive, critical essay plan on natural law ethics, covering many aspects of Aquinas’ explanation, along with evaluative pointers and critics to add weight to your argument. The detail in this plan provides a variety of approaches that can be taken when writing an essay regarding natural law ethics. This essay is applicable to a general question on Aquinas’ ethics as a helpful method as well as being able to be tailored to an essay focusing specifically on telos. The content in this document, if correct links are made, can be used to answer many essay Qs in the following topics, accessing level 5/6 bands for AO1 and AO2 when writing essays. These essays contain very nice broad introductions (AO1), that can be applied to any NML essay and conclusion (AO2), needing to be tailored to specific Q.

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 attaining an A/A* in Religious Studies. The knowledge in these revision plans are sufficiently detailed and have are able to fill the scope/demand of any essay question within the topic. These notes are condensed, very specific, with each attribute of God containing scholars and evaluation to access level 6 bands for AO1 and AO2, when writing an essay. Content is concise and very simple, with additional scholars at the end so you can apply their arguments and be synoptic and take a holistic approach.

This is a comprehensive, critical essay plan, covering many aspects of Freud and Aquinas on conscience, along with evaluative pointers and critics to add weight to your argument. The detail in this plan provides a variety of approaches that can be taken when writing an essay regarding conscience. This essay is applicable to a general question on conscience as well as being able to be tailored to an essay focusing specifically on Freud/Aquinas/Conscience as an umbrella term/theological. The content in this document, if correct links are made, can be used to answer many essay Qs in the following topics, accessing level 5/6 bands for AO1 and AO2 when writing essays. As conscience can be approached in multiple ways when writing an essay, there are 3 plans. A very broad plan, analysing Aquinas, Freud and Alternative religious/biological/sociological approaches to the conscience. Whilst, one essay plan, contrasts and compares the view critically of the conscience existing or either as an umbrella term. The last plan, focuses specifically around whether Freud’s psychological approach is the most helpful (2019 OCR exam Q).

This is a comprehensive, critical essay plan on situation ethics, covering many aspects of Fletcher’s explanation, along with evaluative pointers and critics to add weight to your argument. The detail in this plan provides a variety of approaches that can be taken when writing an essay regarding situation ethics. This essay is applicable to a general question on Fletcher’s ethics as a helpful method as well as being able to be tailored to an essay focusing specifically on agape. The content in this document, if correct links are made, can be used to answer many essay Qs in the following topics, accessing level 5/6 bands for AO1 and AO2 when writing essays. These essays contain very nice broad introductions (AO1), that can be applied to any SE essay and conclusion (AO2), needing to be tailored to specific Q.

This document contains detailed essay plans on: Plato - Forms (General, broad essay plan) Structure: Plato’s world view on knowledge Plato on Forms Plato on Form of the Good (analogy of the cave) Plato - Allegory of the cave (Structure - Explanation, Strengths and Weaknesses) Including detailed analysis to provide access to high marks in essays, and can be applied to a variety of questions in Ancient Philosophical Influences.

This is a comprehensive, critical essay plan on Sexual ethics, covering many aspects of Natural Law and a Kantian explanation applied to sexual ethics (homosexuality and sex), along with evaluative pointers and wider reading scholars. The detail in this plan provides a variety of approaches that can be taken when writing an essay regarding sexual ethics. This essay is applicable to a specific question on Kant or Natural Law as a helpful method in making decisions around sexual ethics as well as being able to be tailored to an essay focusing specifically on religious beliefs having a continuing role in the area of sexual ethics. The content in this document, if correct links are made, can be used to answer many essay Qs in the following topic, accessing level 5/6 bands for AO1 and AO2 when writing essays. This essay contain very nice broad introductions (AO1), which can be applied to any sexual ethics essay.

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 attaining an A/A* in Religious Studies. The knowledge in these revision plans are sufficiently detailed and have are able to fill the scope/demand of any essay question within the topic. This document contains general analysis for MBS, with critics from Ryle, Dawkins and wider reading looking at Subjective Idealism from Bishop Berkeley. Very concise and detailed and has the content to ensure a high A/A* quality essay.

This is a comprehensive, critical essay plan, using a general structure to answer questions on Knowledge of God, along with evaluative pointers and critics to add weight to your argument. The detail in this plan provides a variety of approaches that can be taken when writing an essay regarding topics in knowledge of God. These essay plans are applicable to general questions as well as being able to be tailored to an essay focusing specifically on knowing God through reason, revelation and innately. The content in this document, if correct links are made, can be used to answer many essay Qs, accessing level 5/6 bands for AO1 and AO2 when writing essays.

These essay plans are focused on: (OCR H573/01) • Plato (Focusing on both 2 aspects: His theory of Forms and the allegory of the cave) + One over many argument, his general theory of knowledge and the Form of the Good • Aristotle (Focusing on his theory of causation and Prime Mover), as well as a general essay plan.

This is a comprehensive, critical essay plan, using a general structure to answer questions on Religious pluralism, along with evaluative pointers and critics to add weight to your argument. The detail in this plan provides a variety of approaches that can be taken when writing an essay regarding topics in pluralism. These essay plans are applicable to general questions as well as being able to be tailored to an essay focusing specifically on exclusivism, inclusivism or pluralism. The content in this document, if correct links are made, can be used to answer many essay Qs, accessing level 5/6 bands for AO1 and AO2 when writing essays.

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 attaining an A/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 contain detailed information of all aspects of verification (Ayer and Vienna Circle with opposing critics and alterative views), falsification (all contributors to Symposium) and Wittgenstein with a non-cognitive analysis (Don Cupitt) and Cognitive analysis (D.Z Phillips).

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.

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 knowledge of God through natural, revealed and innate knowledge, with additional scholarly views. This is structured in the order natural, revealed and innate in order to establish a solid essay structure in the set of notes, to prepare you for a wide range of questions and provide a line of argument (where suitable). This helped me achieve 40/40 for this topic in last years exam.

I predict that Plato and Aristotle, either a comparison, or on their individual merits will appear in the 2020 Paper. Rather than using a comparison, I have prepared detailed essay plans, specifically covering points on the OCR H173 specification in relation to: Plato’s understanding of reality: Theory of Forms The Allegory of the Cave Aristotle’s understanding of reality: Theory of Causation Prime Mover

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 attaining an A/A* in Religious Studies. The knowledge in these revision plans are sufficiently detailed and have are able to fill the scope/demand of any essay question within the topic. This provides quick, summary details of all of Kant’s moral philosophy, with some criticisms of each of his ethics, from his categorical imperative to his argument for duty and goodwill. The document also provides a scholarly list of objections and evaluations for and against Kantian ethics, with an essay plan for Kant (summary), focusing on duty.