Community cohesion
What Community cohesion means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Public celebrations allow Sikhs to share their values of equality and sewa with the wider British public, promoting interfaith harmony and a strong, cohesive community spirit.
The bringing together of families and synagogue congregations for shared meals and worship, as at the community level with Shabbat.
Built by practices such as attending Mass, creating a shared religious identity at the community level.
Social cohesion fostered by the Church acting as a community hub that supports the vulnerable.
Topics that use Community cohesion
- Catholic Christianity (AQA GCSE)
- Christianity - 3.1.2.2 Practices (AQA GCSE)
- Judaism (AQA GCSE)
- Practices (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Denominational differences
- Faith in action
- Sacred texts
- Agape
- Agape and Christian charity
- Amidah
- Atonement
- Believers' baptism
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