Religious Studies GCSE
Religious versus secular perspectives
What Religious versus secular perspectives means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Religious versus secular perspectives
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Reference: AQA
Contrasting a traditional religious argument, like the design argument, with a modern secular perspective, showing how differing worldviews influence daily lives and moral decisions.
Topics that use Religious versus secular perspectives
- Theme C: The existence of God and revelation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atheism
- Authority of scripture
- Christianity in Britain
- Contrasting worldviews
- Cosmology and origins
- Divine attributes
- Enlightenment
- General revelation
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