A Level Religious Studies PHILOSOPHY EDEXCEL Revision Guide

Chapter 1: Philosophical issues and questions Includes: Cosmological Argument, Design Argument and the Ontological Argument. Chapter 2: The nature and influence of religious experience. Includes: The Nature and Influence of Religious experience. Chapter 3: Problems of evil and suffering Includes: Problem of evil and suffering, Theodicies and solutions to the problem of suffering Chapter 4: Religious language Includes: Analogy and Symbol, Verification and falsification debates and Language games Chapter 5: Works of scholars Includes: Context to critiques of religious belief and points for discussion, 2 A comparison between a critic of religion, Bertrand Russell, and a religious believer, Frederick Copleston