My Revision Notes OCR A Level Religious Studies: Developments in Christian Thought [Book]

Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction to Christianity -- Assessment and exams -- Countdown to my exams -- 1 Augustine's teaching on human nature -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Human relationships preand post-Fall -- 1.3 Original Sin and its effects -- 1.4 God's grace -- 1.5 Analysing Augustine -- 1.6 Summary and exam tips -- 2 Death and the afterlife -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Christian teachings on heaven -- 2.3 Christian teachings on hell -- 2.4 Assessing teachings on heaven and hell -- 2.5 Purgatory -- 2.6 Election -- 2.7 Summary and exam tips -- 3 Knowledge of God's existence -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Natural knowledge of God's existence -- 3.3 Revealed knowledge of God's existence -- 3.4 Has the Fall completely removed all natural human knowledge of God? -- 3.5 Is belief in God's existence sufficient to put one's trust in him? -- 3.6 Is natural knowledge of God the same as revealed knowledge of God? -- 3.7 Summary and exam tips -- 4 The person of Jesus Christ -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Jesus the Son of God -- 4.3 Jesus as a teacher of wisdom -- 4.4 Jesus as a liberator -- 4.5 Discussing the issues -- 4.6 Summary and exam tips -- 5 Christian moral principles -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Bible as the only source of ethics -- 5.3 Bible, Church and reason -- 5.4 Bible, Church and reason (continued) -- 5.5 Love as the only ethical principle -- 5.6 Christian ethics: distinctive, personal, communal -- 5.7 Summary and exam tips -- 6 Christian moral action -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Duty to God and duty to the State -- 6.3 Church as community and source of spiritual discipline -- 6.4 The cost of discipleship -- 6.5 Assessing Bonhoeffer: God's will and suffering -- 6.6 Assessing Bonhoeffer: his relevance for today -- 6.7 Summary and exam tips -- 7 Religious pluralism -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Exclusivism -- 7.3 Inclusivism