Religious Studies GCSE
Stewardship
What Stewardship means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The responsibility to care for God's creation, meaning animals must not face unnecessary suffering, which forbids unnecessary cruelty or cosmetic testing.
The view that humans are responsible for protecting animals from unnecessary harm during experiments, and that cosmetic testing is a failure of this.
The duty to protect the environment because the universe is a sacred gift from God rather than merely a commodity to be exploited for human gain.
Believers manage God's resources rather than owning them outright, so they are accountable for how they spend wealth.
A principle that leads some Christians to adopt vegetarianism to oppose the cruelty of intensive factory farming.
The belief that wealth is a blessing or a loan from God, carrying a strict responsibility to use it for others.
Topics that use Stewardship
- Theme B: Religion and life (AQA GCSE)
- Theme F: Religion, human rights and social justice (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Christianity in Britain
- Afterlife and judgement
- Agape
- Ahimsa
- Ahimsa (non-violence)
- Awe and wonder
- Biblical interpretation
- Charity
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