CCEA Advanced GCE in Religion.

WHAT YOU WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT

The student of religion makes a particular contribution to student’s understanding of spiritual, moral and cultural issues by encourage them to reflect upon their own attitudes, and those of others, to the topics under consideration.

This course encourages students to:

• Develop an interest in and enthusiast for a rigours study of religion
• Treat the subject as an academic discipline by developing knowledge and understanding appreciates to a specialist study of religion
• Use an enquiring, critical and empathetic approach to this study of religion.

This is a two year course comprising of two modules:-

1. An Introduction to the Acts of the Apostle.
2. The Origin and Development of the Celtic Church
   

AS 2

• Background to the Acts of the Apostles
• The Origin and Expansion of Christianity
• Faith, Worship and Witness in Acts
• The Historical Background and Patrick
• Religious Belief and Practice
• Saints, Scholars and Hagiography

A2

• Central Features of Paul’s Preaching, Writing and Missionary Activity
• The Development of the Apostolic Church
• Progress and Problems: Faith, Worship and Gifts
• The Evidence of Writings From the Period
• Ministry, Authority and Spirituality
• The Influence of Saints and Scholars: The Historicity of Texts