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September 2019 - GCSE Religious Studies 5-a-day

Every GCSE Religious Studies sheet published in September 2019, with answers. Beliefs, practices, key terms and the arguments set against them.

Every sheet in September 2019

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

  1. 1st September 2019Which of the five statutory purposes of sentencing focuses on making amends to those affected by a crime?
  2. 2nd September 2019Give the definition of corporal punishment.
  3. 3rd September 2019Explain what religious discrimination means, giving a brief example.
  4. 4th September 2019State one Bible reference commonly used to support the equality of all races.
  5. 5th September 2019Give the technical term for a theory of atonement that sees Christ's obedience as reversing or 'undoing' Adam's disobedience.
  6. 6th September 2019According to John 16:7, why does Jesus say it is 'for your good' that he is going away?
  7. 7th September 2019A church's weekly Sunday attendance falls from 120 to 90 over five years, while its midweek 'Messy Church' grows to attract 40 new families. Calculate the percentage fall in Sunday attendance.
  8. 8th September 2019Name the day that marks the start of Lent, on which some Christians receive an ash mark on their forehead.
  9. 9th September 2019According to 1 Corinthians 10:16, what does drinking the cup during Communion involve, in Paul's words?
  10. 10th September 2019According to Qur'an 2:37, how does Adam respond after his mistake, and how does Allah respond in turn?
  11. 11th September 2019Which two things are humans and jinn believed to have that angels do not?
  12. 12th September 2019Name the first four caliphs recognised by Sunni Muslims, in order.
  13. 13th September 2019Which two prayers do many Shia Muslims combine, alongside Maghrib and Isha?
  14. 14th September 2019Why does traditional Islamic teaching insist that armed jihad can only be declared by a legitimate authority, not by individuals?
  15. 15th September 2019Name the legal process a married couple must complete in England if they wish to end their marriage.
  16. 16th September 2019State one non-religious argument for treating men and women equally at work, based on the idea of shared human rights.
  17. 17th September 2019Give the Latin term for the Protestant doctrine that salvation is by faith alone.
  18. 18th September 2019Give one non-religious (for example, Humanist) reason for believing death is the end of a person's existence.
  19. 19th September 2019In which surah of the Qur'an does the verse most often quoted in these debates about the value of a single life appear?
  20. 20th September 2019In which year, and against whom, did Russell debate the cosmological argument on BBC radio?
  21. 21st September 2019Give one factor, other than education, that might cause someone's belief to change after a religious upbringing.
  22. 22nd September 2019Give one practical need a refugee is likely to have immediately after arriving in a host country.
  23. 23rd September 2019Give the primary, most commonly taught meaning of the word jihad for most Muslims, most of the time.
  24. 24th September 2019Suggest one reason a sociologist would treat addiction as a 'risk factor' for crime rather than a 'cause' of crime.
  25. 25th September 2019Complete the quotation: 'I was in prison and ______' (Matthew 25:36).
  26. 26th September 2019In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
  27. 27th September 2019State what Zakah is calculated as a percentage of.
  28. 28th September 2019Give one word for the Christian belief that God is present and active within creation and human life, as opposed to being distant and uninvolved.
  29. 29th September 2019According to James 2:26, what is faith without deeds compared to?
  30. 30th September 2019According to Hebrews 4:15, what does the belief that Jesus is 'tempted in every way, just as we are' mean for how Christians view God's understanding of suffering?