Year 11 - Religious education
Terrorism
Religion, peace and conflict
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils examine ideas of violence and how some religions justify war in terms of holy or just war. They will move on to examine specific ideas such as nuclear war and terrorism. Finally they will examine the role of religion in finding and making peace.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe what terrorism is and explain how Christians and others respond to it.
Key Notes
- Terrorism uses violence and fear for political aims. UK and global laws ban it and require prevention.
- It has political, religious or social causes and is widely seen as unethical for harming innocents.
- Terrorism has a long history, from the Sicarii to 9/11 and the London bombings.
- Christians oppose it as unfaithful to their beliefs. The Bible and churches call for peace and justice.
- Groups like Search for Common Ground build peace with victims and former extremists.
Vocabulary To Learn
- peace: the opposite of war; harmony between all in society
- terrorism: use of violence and threats to intimidate others; used for political purposes to build fear in the ordinary population and to secure demands from Government
- violence: behaviour involving physical force which intends to hurt, kill or cause damage
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All terrorists are religious or act because of religion
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Terrorism uses violence and fear for political aims. UK and global laws ban it and require prevention. It has political, religious or social causes and is widely seen as unethical for harming innocents.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'peace'
the opposite of war; harmony between all in society.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All terrorists are religious or act because of religion. Correction: While some terrorists misuse religion, not all terrorism is religiously motivated. There are political, racial and ideological causes too (e.g. Oklahoma City bombing, KKK, white supremacist attacks). Religious usually terrorism and promote peace.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Contrasting religious views about violence Study Guide
- Different religious views about pacifism Study Guide
- Different religious views about weapons of mass destruction Study Guide
- Nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence Study Guide
- Pacifism Study Guide
- Reasons for war Study Guide
- Religion and peace-making Study Guide
- Religion as a cause of war and Holy War Study Guide
- Religious responses to victims of war Study Guide
- The Just War theory Study Guide
- The meaning and significance of peace, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation Study Guide
- The work of Christian Aid for victims of war Study Guide
- Violence, including violent protest Study Guide
- Weapons of mass destruction Study Guide
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