Dialogues

Established religion

A religious constitution that is officially recognised and endorsed by the government of a country.

Secularisation

The decline of the influence of religion over time

Abortion

Deliberate removal of a foetus from the womb

Euthanasia

Act of deliberately ending a person's life to relieve them of sufferings or an incurable disease

laws for euthanasia

Illegal in the UK. Can be prosecuted for murder. Can carry a sentence up to 14 years

Humanists uk

Campaigns for the separation of religion from public institutions

Faith school

A school affiliated with a particular religion

Equality act 2010

Ensures equal treatment of everyone

National secular society (NSS)

Promotes secularisation. Committed to ensure no individual gains advantage or disadvantage based on religious beliefs

Arranged marriage

A marriage planned by the families of the two partners and not by the partner themselves

Forced marriage

When one or both partners does not consent to the marriage

Genetic manipulation

Direct alternation of an organism’s DNA to change its characteristics

Therapeutic cloning

Creating an embryo through cloning to take stem cells to treat diseases

IVF

An egg is fertilised with a sperm outside the body before being placed in the womb

Excluvism

Belief that salvation is only possible through faith in Jesus Christ. Christianity is the one true faith

inclusivism

One religion holds the truth to salvation but others can also be saved through god's mercy and grace

Pluralism

All religions are equally valid paths to god

Interfaith dialogue

Communication and cooperation between people of different beliefs

Proselytisation

The act of trying to convert someone to your religion

theocracy

A form of government in which religious leaders rule in the name of god

(Queen Elizabeth II) The church has a duty to protect

The free practice of all faith in this country

(Max Weber) secularisation is the

Disenchantment of the world

do not be yoked

Together with unbelievers

2021 cencus

46.2% of the population was identified as Christian what was 59.3% less than it was in 2011

(David Cameron, prime minister 2014) We should be more confident

About our status as a Christian country

Children should be taught

How to think not what to think (humanists)

A truly inclusive society is one where children

Of all backgrounds are educate together not apart (humanist)

To force someone into

A marriage is an injustice (pope Francis)

Tony Nicklinson

He was incapable of doing daily tasks and wanted to end his life. Humanists campaigned for his death however it was not granted. He died from starvation

Aquinas - doctrine of double ffect

An action with a good and bad effect is morally acceptable if the bad effect is not intended. A life saving procedure can unintentiallu cause the foetus’s death

You knit me together

In my mother's womb

Does the clay say to the potter

What are you making?

(Dignitas Personae) It is gravely immoral to

Sacrifice a human life for therapeutic ends

(CofE) therapeutic cloning may be thought of as ethical

As it does not result in another human being

Every good and perfect gift

Is from above

God wants all people

To be saved

(pope boniface VIII) outside the church

There is no salvation

Karl Rahner -anonymous christian

People who haven't heard of Christianity canbe saved through Christ if they live morally