This third edition of the bestselling Religion & Life Revision Guide has been fully revised to meet the requirements of the new Edexcel GCSE RS

Specification for 2009 & to complement the new edition of the Religion & Life Student Book in order to ensure that students understand exactly what is required of them in the examinations for Edexcel GCSE in Religious Studies

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Includes:: * a breakdown of the key elements of the course content * sample examination questions & accompanying exemplar answers * advice on how to answer exam questions & prepare for the exam * tips on what the examiner is looking for. This third edition is accompanied by new editions of the Student's Book Foundation Edition & Teacher's Resource Pack plus a new Dynamic Learning CD-ROM.




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Written by an experienced examiner this third edition of this foundation edition of the bestselling Religion & Society textbook has been fully revised to meet the requirements of the new Edexcel GCSE RS

Specification for 2009. This foundation edition is a simplified version of the mainstream edition but with the same pagination & illustrations so that it can be used alongside the mainstream edition with mixed-ability groups. Like the mainstream edition this new foundation edition integrates the requirements of the new GCSE into the familiar & proven format of the previous edition of Religion & Society with: * exam-specific advice questions & model answers * a clear accessible structure to guide students through the course * student-focused features to aid learning such as key terms & summary boxes * up-to-date photos & examples. This third edition is accompanied by new editions of the Religion & Society mainstream edition Teachers Resource Pack Revision Guide.

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An accessible & extremely useful collection of primary source material DEL An invaluable companion volume to the textbooks on the long English Reformation. Ecclesiastical History An excellent collection of prime sources for the study of religion in its social context DEL Its most admirable & useful feature is the wide scope of the collection. Patrick Collinson University of Cambridge An invaluable classroom aid. There is nothing comparable to it currently in print. J. Sears Mc Gee University of California Santa Barbara The shattering of the Roman Catholic church & the establishment of the Protestant church of England during the English Reformation affected all aspects of English life. Bringing together a collection of sources including narratives reports church documents & parliamentary proceedings Religion & Society in Early Modern England charts the transformation of English religious culture from the 1530s to the 1660s. The second edition of this successful sourcebook has been revised throughout to take account of latest research in the field & a number of sources & illustrations have been included for the first time. New introductions to each section have also been added helping to make each source accessible by setting it in context. Religion & Society in Early Modern England is an indispensable resource for all students studying this important & complex period in English history. ...

Succeed at Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies Unit 8: Religion & Society with this revision guide which provides the content you need & guidance on applying it. This revision guide has been written by an expert in order to help you achieve your best in Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies Units 3 & 8. Helps you consolidate your knowledge with bitesize summary of key content Prepares you for your exams with sample examination questions & accompanying exemplar answers Helps you to aim for better grades with useful tips on what the examiner is looking for ...

Witchcraft astrology divination & every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion & scientists were developing new explanations of the universe. Keith Thomas' classic analysis of beliefs held on every level of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church & ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700 when science & rationalism began to challenge the older systems of belief. ...

Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists" looks at the God debate with fresh eyes. All of us whether religious agnostic or atheist are searching for meaning. & in this wise & life-affirming book non-believer Alain de Botton both rejects the supernatural claims of religion & points out just how many good ideas they sometimes have about how we should live. & he suggests that non-believers can learn & steal from them. Picking & choosing from the thousands of years of advice assembled by the world's great religions to get practical insights on art community love friendship work life & death Alain de Botton shows us a range of fascinating ideas on a range of topics including relationships work culture love & death
- & that could be of use to all of us irrespective of whether we do or don't believe. In the " Sunday Times" top-ten bestseller " Religion for Atheists" Alain de Botton takes us one step further than Dawkins & Hitchens have ventured & into a world of ideas beyond the God debate..."A serious & optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve & alter the way we live". (Jeanette Winterson " The Times"). "A beautiful inspiring book.. .offering a glimpse of a more enlightened path". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " Packed with tantalizing goads to thought & playful prompts to action". (" Independent"). " Smart stimulating sensitive. A timely & perceptive appreciation of how much wisdom is embodied in religious traditions & how we godless moderns might learn from it". (" Financial Times"). " There isn't a page in this book that doesn't contain a striking idea or a stimulating parallel". (" Mail on Sunday"). " Packed with tantalizing goads to thought & playful prompts to action". (" Independent"). Alain de Botton was born in 1969 & is the author of non-fiction essays on themes ranging from love & travel to architecture & philosophy. His bestselling books include " How Proust Can Change Your Life" " The Art of Travel" " The Consolations of Philosophy" " The Architecture of Happiness" " Status Anxiety" " Essays in Love" "A Week at the Airport" & " The Pleasures" & " Sorrows of Work". He lives in London & founded The School of Life & Living Architecture."
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Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists" looks at the God debate with fresh eyes " All of us" whether religious agnostic or atheist are searching for meaning. & in this wise & life-affirming book non-believer Alain de Botton both rejects the supernatural claims of religion & points out just how many good ideas they sometimes have about how we should live. & he suggests that non-believers can learn & steal from them. Picking & choosing from the thousands of years of advice assembled by the world's great religions to get practical insights on art community love friendship work life & death Alain de Botton shows us a range of fascinating ideas on a range of topics including relationships work culture love & death
- & that could be of use to all of us irrespective of whether we do or don't believe. In the " Sunday Times" top-ten bestseller " Religion for Atheists" Alain de Botton takes us one step further than Dawkins & Hitchens have ventured & into a world of ideas beyond the God debate..."A serious & optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve & alter the way we live". (Jeanette Winterson " The Times"). "A beautiful inspiring book.. .offering a glimpse of a more enlightened path". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " Packed with tantalizing goads to thought & playful prompts to action". (" Independent"). " Smart stimulating sensitive. A timely & perceptive appreciation of how much wisdom is embodied in religious traditions & how we godless moderns might learn from it". (" Financial Times"). " There isn't a page in this book that doesn't contain a striking idea or a stimulating parallel". (" Mail on Sunday"). " Packed with tantalizing goads to thought & playful prompts to action". (" Independent"). Alain de Botton was born in 1969 & is the author of non-fiction essays on themes ranging from love & travel to architecture & philosophy. His bestselling books include " How Proust Can Change Your Life" " The Art of Travel" " The Consolations of Philosophy" " The Architecture of Happiness" " Status Anxiety" " Essays in Love" "A Week at the Airport" & " The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work". He lives in London & founded The School of Life & Living Architecture."
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A book covering the essence of six world religions: Christianity Buddhism Hinduism Islam Judaism & Sikhism. This book is a course companion especially suitable for Years 7-9. It may be used alongside existing Religion for Today" titles & forthcoming titles for Key Stage 3." ...

Religion in Human Evolution is a work of extraordinary ambition--a wide-ranging nuanced probing of our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep into evolution especially but not exclusively cultural evolution. How did our early ancestors transcend the"idian demands of everyday existence to embrace an alternative reality that called into question the very meaning of their daily struggle? Robert Bellah one of the leading sociologists of our time identifies a range of cultural capacities such as communal dancing storytelling & theorizing whose emergence made this religious development possible. Deploying the latest findings in biology cognitive science & evolutionary psychology he traces the expansion of these cultural capacities from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age (roughly the first millennium BCE) when individuals & groups in the Old World challenged the norms & beliefs of class societies ruled by kings & aristocracies. These religious prophets & renouncers never succeeded in founding their alternative utopias but they left a heritage of criticism that would not be quenched. Bellahs treatment of the four great civilizations of the Axial Age--in ancient Israel Greece China & India--shows all existing religions both prophetic & mystic to be rooted in the evolutionary story he tells. Religion in Human Evolution answers the call for a critical history of religion grounded in the full range of human constraints & possibilities. ...

Comprehensive in its coverage this completely revised & updated second edition of Religions in the Modern World" considers the history & modern practices of the worlds main religious traditions. It analyses trends in the manifestation of religion in the modern world from secularization to the rise of new spiritualities & is at the cutting edge of developments in the study of religion. This second edition
Includes:: new chapters on Religion & Violence Paganism & Religion & Popular Culture; discussion of the strength of the Christian Right Post 9/11 & 7/7 developments in Religion & Politics; case studies & anecdotes text extracts chapter menus & end-of-chapter summaries glossaries & annotated further reading sections; a wide variety of photographs figures tables & maps; & religions in the Modern World is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study of religion for the first time as well as for those who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field. Fully international in coverage it is accessibly written by practising & specialist teachers."
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