Migration and Multicultural Societies (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Absolutist position on religious claims
Absolutist position on religious claims
Right & wrong view, mutually exclusive, complete certainty
Relativist position on truth
Relativist position on truth
Truth is relative to cultural & historical context
Migration (definition)
Migration (definition)
Movement of substantial numbers of people from place to place
Multicultural (definition)
Multicultural (definition)
Made up of many different cultures, beliefs, values & customs
1972 UK immigration peak from where?
1972 UK immigration peak from where?
Indians & Pakistanis expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin
2011 UK Census: Christianity %
2011 UK Census: Christianity %
59.3% (down from 71.8% in 2001)
Human Rights Act 1998 includes what religious freedom?
Human Rights Act 1998 includes what religious freedom?
Article 9: freedom of thought, conscience & religion
Religious pluralism (definition)
Religious pluralism (definition)
Many faiths coexist peacefully, respecting one another's views
Secular state (definition)
Secular state (definition)
Govt & society not controlled by religious teachings
Exclusivism (definition)
Exclusivism (definition)
View that one religion is only true one; others are wrong