St John Bosco College
Battersea

A-Level Religious Studies

A-Level Religious Studies

Exam Board: AQA
Course code: 7062 & 7062B
Two papers of three hours each

Paper One: Philosophy of religion and ethics (50% of A-Level)  
 

Section A: Philosophy of religion 

Arguments for the existence of God 

The Ontological Argument

Evil and suffering 

Problem of evil & suffering

Religious experience 

Religious Experience (Part One)
Religious Experience (Part Two)

Religious language
 

Religious Language (Part One)
Religious Language (Part Two)
Religious Language Summary

Miracles 

Miracles 

Self and life after death 

 

Section B: Ethics and religion  

Ethical theories 

Issues of human life and death 

 

Issues of animal life and death 

 

Introduction to meta ethics 

 

Free will and moral responsibility 

Free Will and Moral Responsibility for AQA A-Level Revision
Determinism vs Free Will
Compatibilism

Conscience 

 

Bentham and Kant 

 

Layout of exam

  • Section A: Philosophy of religion – two compulsory two-part questions, each worth 10 marks and 15 marks.
  • Section B: Ethics and religion – two compulsory two-part questions, each worth 10 marks and 15 marks.

In both sections, questions may span more than one topic. In each two-part question, the first part tests AO1 and the second part tests AO2.

Paper Two: Study of Christianity and dialogues(50% of A-Level) 

Section A: Study of Christianity - the following topics are covered: 

Sources of wisdom and authority 

 

God
 

 

Self, death and the afterlife 

 

Good conduct and key moral principles 

 

Expression of religious identity 

 

Christianity, gender and sexuality 

 

Christianity and science 

 

Christianity and secularisation - (ONE aspect of Christianity and secularisation)  

Christianity and secularisation - (ONE aspect of Christianity and secularisation)

Christianity and religious pluralism 

 

Section B: The dialogue between philosophy of religion and Christianity 

How Christianity is influenced by, and has an influence on philosophy of religion in relation to the issues studied.

Section C: The dialogue between ethical studies and Christianity 

How Christianity is influenced by, and has an influence on ethical studies in relation to the issues studied.

Layout of exam

Section A: Study of religion – two compulsory two-part questions, each worth 10 marks and 15 marks relating to the Christianity. Questions may be set that span more than one topic. In each two-part question, the first part tests AO1 and the second part tests AO2.

Section B: The dialogue between philosophy of religion and Christianity – one unstructured synoptic question from a choice of two (25 marks).

Section C: The dialogue between ethical studies and Christianity – one unstructured synoptic question from a choice of two (25 marks).