Daily Practice · GCSE Religious Studies
August 2008 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day
Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in August 2008, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.
Every sheet in August 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2008State what is meant by restorative justice.
- 2nd August 2008What is 'diyya'?
- 3rd August 2008Name the Act of Parliament that lists 'religion or belief' as a protected characteristic in the UK.
- 4th August 2008Which international court hears human rights cases under the European Convention on Human Rights?
- 5th August 2008Give one modern Christian denomination that is part of Western Christianity and so normally includes the Filioque clause in its version of the Nicene Creed.
- 6th August 2008State the difference between particular judgement and general judgement.
- 7th August 2008State one reason some Protestant Christians have traditionally placed less importance on pilgrimage than on Bible reading and prayer.
- 8th August 2008According to the letter of James, why is faith without action described as 'dead'?
- 9th August 2008What historical event, in 632 CE, contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
- 10th August 2008Define the term Rasul.
- 11th August 2008Give one example of a personal decision, other than prayer for guidance, where a Muslim might feel decree and effort work together.
- 12th August 2008What does the term Ismah mean in relation to the Imams?
- 13th August 2008Give the surah and ayah reference of the Qur'anic verse describing Allah, the angels and those of knowledge bearing witness to His oneness.
- 14th August 2008State the approximate length, in days, of one Islamic (lunar) calendar year.
- 15th August 2008Define the cervical mucus (Billings) method of family planning.
- 16th August 2008Give one way a nuclear family structure might make it simpler to plan family finances.
- 17th August 2008According to Qur'an 6:141, what should Muslims avoid when eating?
- 18th August 2008What name is given to the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve their suffering?
- 19th August 2008Name the 18th century Scottish philosopher who criticised the design argument in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
- 20th August 2008In which section of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding does Hume set out his argument against believing miracles?
- 21st August 2008Give one piece of evidence, other than fossils, used to support Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 22nd August 2008Give one reason a victim of conflict might struggle to forgive, even if their religion teaches forgiveness.
- 23rd August 2008State one duty of Zakah that is relevant to caring for the victims of war.
- 24th August 2008In restorative justice, what name is given to a meeting where the offender, the victim and community representatives discuss the harm caused and how to repair it?
- 25th August 2008State one reason why a wrongful execution is considered worse than a wrongful prison sentence.
- 26th August 2008Complete the quotation: 'Do not defraud or rob your neighbour. Do not hold back ______' (Leviticus 19:13).
- 27th August 2008Name the specific percentage rate at which Zakah is normally calculated.
- 28th August 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.
- 29th August 2008At which Church council, in 431 AD, was the title Theotokos formally affirmed for Mary?
- 30th August 2008In which Gospel do the disciples ask Jesus, 'Lord, teach us to pray'?
- 31st August 2008State what is meant by contemplative prayer.