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January 2008 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in January 2008, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in January 2008

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

  1. 1st January 2008In what country did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission studied in this topic take place?
  2. 2nd January 2008Name the type of person who is forced to leave their home country because of war or persecution, in search of safety.
  3. 3rd January 2008Name the UK-based Christian programme, run by Prison Fellowship, that brings offenders face to face with crime victims.
  4. 4th January 2008Complete the quotation: 'Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that ______' (Genesis 4:15).
  5. 5th January 2008Under Fairtrade terms, what does a producer receive that they might not receive selling on the open market?
  6. 6th January 2008State what Deuteronomy 15:11 commands believers to do.
  7. 7th January 2008Give the name for the Christian interpretation of Genesis 1 which reads each 'day' as a long period of time rather than a literal 24-hour day.
  8. 8th January 2008Which Old Testament prophet is quoted in Matthew's Gospel about a ruler coming from Bethlehem?
  9. 9th January 2008Which prayer did Jesus teach his disciples in Matthew 6:9-13?
  10. 10th January 2008Give one difference between set prayer and informal prayer.
  11. 11th January 2008What is another common name for believers' baptism, reflecting that it requires personal belief first?
  12. 12th January 2008What does the word Barzakh mean in Islamic belief about life after death?
  13. 13th January 2008What does 'omnipotence' mean when applied to Allah?
  14. 14th January 2008Name the cave where Muhammad is believed to have received the first revelation of the Qur'an.
  15. 15th January 2008Give the Qur'anic description of the value of worship on Laylat al-Qadr, found in Qur'an 97:3.
  16. 16th January 2008What is umrah, and how does it differ from Hajj?
  17. 17th January 2008Define the term 'monogamy'.
  18. 18th January 2008State one advantage of family planning for a couple.
  19. 19th January 2008What is meant by omniscient?
  20. 20th January 2008Define 'viability' as it is used in the abortion debate.
  21. 21st January 2008Name one Protestant Christian tradition that may permit abortion in some circumstances.
  22. 22nd January 2008What does Russell's teapot analogy argue about the burden of proof?
  23. 23rd January 2008What term describes knowledge of God that comes through nature, reason or general experience, available in principle to anyone?
  24. 24th January 2008What term describes a combatant who has surrendered or is otherwise unable to continue fighting?
  25. 25th January 2008A country holds a powerful weapon only to discourage attack, without intending to use it first. What is this strategy called?
  26. 26th January 2008How did Pope Francis's teaching on nuclear weapons, from 2017 onwards, go further than Pope John Paul II's 1982 position?
  27. 27th January 2008What does it mean when a Christian says 'I forgive you' to someone who wronged them?
  28. 28th January 2008What does the Christian idea of 'the Fall' refer to?
  29. 29th January 2008State one reason poverty should not be seen as the fault of the person experiencing it.
  30. 30th January 2008What is meant by the 'cycle of poverty'?
  31. 31st January 2008State which numbered chapter of Genesis contains the second, more detailed account of the creation of Adam and Eve.