Edexcel Religious Studies A level (2018) - Islam Revision Guide

Edexcel Religious Studies A level ISLAM (2018) - Revision Guide

A complete revision guide (40 pages) for A level students preparing for the new A-level. First assessment 2018.
Paper 4 - Study of a Religion - Islam. Tailored to the Edexcel specification with reference to key scholars.

Updated to include reference to Qur’an set text and Pre-Islamic Poetry and Literature.

Please download the free excerpt (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-a-level-religious-studies-islam-2018-revision-guide-excerpt-society-pluralism-interfaith-11905400) of Chapter 6.1 to get an in depth look at this revision guide.

Contents
AS Level Course
1 Religious beliefs, values and teachings
1.1 The Six Beliefs
2 Sources of wisdom & authority
2.1 Pre-Islamic Arabia
2.2 The Life of the Prophet
2.3 – Sources – Hadith & Sunnah
2.3 – Sources – The Qur’an
3 Practices that shape and express religious identity
3.1 – Practices – The Five Pillars
3.2 – Practices – The Ummah & Islamic identity
A-Level Course
4 Social and historical developments
4.1 – Sunni & Shi’a
4.2 – Caliphs
4.3 – Husayn
4.4 – Sufism
4.5 – Islam & Science
5 Works of scholars
5.1 – Comparative study of Jihad (T Ramadan & M Khadduri)
6 Religion and society
6.1 – Pluralism & Interfaith
6.2 – Gender & Islam ( L. Ahmed)
6.3 –Challenges of Secularisation

Appendix - Set Texts
Qur’an (Surah 1 & 2)
Jihad (T Ramadan)
Jihad (M Khadduri)
Gender & Islam (L.Ahmed)