Year 11 - Religious education
Violence, including violent protest
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 explain what Christians and humanists believe about violence and violent protest.
Key Notes
- Most Christians agree that violence has a negative impact and should be avoided.
- Humanists generally oppose violence and do not support violence that is motivated by religious grounds.
- Humanists and Christians may accept violence for altruistic purposes.
- Jesus displayed righteous anger, where the goal is to restore to God's design and intention.
- Violent protest may be justified as righteous anger by some Christians.
Vocabulary To Learn
- violence: the use of physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill
- righteous anger: anger about something morally wrong, with the aim of making things right in a fair and just way
- altruistic: doing something to help others, even if it's personally difficult, without expecting a reward
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Righteous anger always leads to violent protest.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Most Christians agree that violence has a negative impact and should be avoided. Humanists generally oppose violence and do not support violence that is motivated by religious grounds.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'violence'
the use of physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Righteous anger always leads to violent protest. Correction: Many Christians and humanists believe righteous anger can be shown through peaceful actions like marches, speeches, or campaigns. Violence is only considered by some, and only in rare cases when all peaceful options have failed.
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
- Terrorism 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
- Weapons of mass destruction Study Guide
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