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December 2004 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in December 2004, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in December 2004

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st December 2004Give one psychological explanation sceptics use to challenge visions as reliable evidence of God.
  2. 2nd December 2004In which decade did the charismatic Christian phenomenon known as the Toronto Blessing begin?
  3. 3rd December 2004What do believers in afterlife compensation hope will happen to suffering after death?
  4. 4th December 2004What historical conflict is commonly used as a case study of 'holy war'?
  5. 5th December 2004Why might a Muslim link justice (adl) to a desire for peace?
  6. 6th December 2004State one criticism of retribution as the sole aim of punishment.
  7. 7th December 2004Name one form of corporal punishment used historically in the UK.
  8. 8th December 2004Name the Act of Parliament, and the year it was passed, that lists the protected characteristics in UK law.
  9. 9th December 2004Name one piece of US legislation that followed from the civil rights movement King helped lead.
  10. 10th December 2004Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  11. 11th December 2004According to Acts 1:10-11, what did the two men in white tell the disciples as Jesus ascended?
  12. 12th December 2004Give one factor that has contributed to falling attendance at traditional Sunday services in Britain.
  13. 13th December 2004Give one symbol associated with Pentecost and state what it represents.
  14. 14th December 2004According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  15. 15th December 2004Which two people are believed to have rebuilt the foundations of the Ka'bah, according to Qur'an 2:127?
  16. 16th December 2004What is the Arabic term for the angels who record human deeds, sometimes translated 'Noble Recorders'?
  17. 17th December 2004Give one reason the assassination of the third caliph, Uthman, is significant in the history of the Sunni-Shia split.
  18. 18th December 2004Give one Qur'an reference used to support keeping five separate daily prayer times.
  19. 19th December 2004True or false: mainstream Muslim scholarship regards terrorism as a legitimate form of jihad.
  20. 20th December 2004State one difference between cohabitation and a civil partnership in the UK.
  21. 21st December 2004Give one reason gender-based stereotypes can lead to unequal treatment at work.
  22. 22nd December 2004According to Philippians 1:23, where does Paul say he desires to be after death?
  23. 23rd December 2004Name the intermediate state between death and the Day of Judgement referred to in the Qur'an.
  24. 24th December 2004Give the Arabic term for belief in Allah's predetermined plan for events such as life and death.
  25. 25th December 2004In which of Aquinas's Five Ways does he argue that nothing can cause itself?
  26. 26th December 2004Which book of the Bible contains the verse advising 'train up a child in the way he should go'?
  27. 27th December 2004What does the abbreviation IDP stand for?
  28. 28th December 2004Suggest one non-religious factor that analysts argue contributes to why some people are drawn towards violent extremism.
  29. 29th December 2004Give one example of civil disobedience.
  30. 30th December 2004What is a witness service, and how does it relieve suffering caused by crime?
  31. 31st December 2004Name one non-religious UK organisation that campaigns on human rights and civil liberties.