edexcel: religion and society - 3rd edition: rights and responsibilities keywords.
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xdollface on May 18, 2010
Subjects:
Religious Studies, religion vocab., gcse
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bible | the holy book of christians. |
| decalogue | the ten commandments. |
| church | the community of christians (with a small c, it means a christian place of worship). |
| conscience | an inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action. |
| situation ethics | the idea that christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do. |
| human rights | the rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled. |
| democratic processes | the ways in which all citizens can take part in government (usually through elections). |
| electoral processes | the ways in which voting is organised. |
| political party | a group which tries to be elected into power on its policies (for example labour, conservative). |
| pressure group | a group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue. |
| golden rule | the teaching of jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you. |
| social change | the way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibilities for future change). |
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