Christianity should play no part in public life (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

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Secular humanism definition

Humans can live good lives by reason, without religion

Children in CoE & Catholic schools in England

More than 1.8 million

Dawkins' view on faith schools quote

'Diversity gone mad'

Argument against faith schools: community impact

Create isolated communities, fail to integrate pupils

Argument for faith schools: value neutrality

No value-neutral schools exist; all reflect values

Laïcité meaning

French secularity laws - no church in govt, no govt in religion

Theocracy definition

Religion should play role in public life & governance

Lords Spiritual in House of Lords

26 bishops of Church of England sit automatically

British monarch's role in Church of England

Head of Church of England, Defender of the Faith

Prince Charles' intended title as King

'Defender of Faith' not 'Defender of the Faith'

Rowan Williams on Church's role

Church should resist fundamentalist elements of religion

Freud's approach to explaining religion

Reductionist - explains in material & mechanical terms

Jo Marchant's finding on people of faith

People of faith live longer, happier lives

The Forer effect

One's view on religion validates their own worldview

Stephen Jay Gould on supernatural vs material

Supernatural can't be subject to scientific enquiry

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