3.8.1

Development of Multi-Faith Societies

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The UK's Development into a Multi-Faith Society

For centuries, the dominant religion in the UK was Christianity. But there were also small communities of Jews and Muslims living in the UK.

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What is a multi-faith society?

  • The UK has changed to become a more multi-faith society.
    • This is a society where there are significant proportions of people with different religious beliefs.
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Developing multi-faith societies

  • Multi-faith societies develop for many reasons.
    • These include international migration, refugees who travel to seek a better quality of life and better access to information about other beliefs.
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2011 UK Census - religion

  • The 2011 UK Census asked people ‘What is your religion?’.
    • 59.3% identified as Christian.
    • 25.1% stated no religion.
    • 4.8% identified as Muslim.
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Impacts on UK public life

  • The UK's emergence as a multi-faith society has influenced many areas of public life.
    • For example, children learn about different world religions in schools.
    • Atheism and rejection of religious belief has become socially acceptable.
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Benefits of multi-faith societies

  • Provides Christians with the opportunity to learn about others' faith and practices.
  • Allows Christians to think about why their Christian faith is valuable to them.
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Objections to multi-faith society

  • Some Christians might feel that the existence of other faiths undermines the unique message of Christianity and salvation through Jesus Christ.
  • Some Christian parents may not wish for their child to learn about other world religions.

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1Philosophy of Religion

1.1Ancient Philosophical Influences: Plato

1.2Ancient Philosophical Influences: Aristotle

1.3Ancient Philosophical Influences: Soul, Mind, Body

1.4The Existence of God - Arguments from Observation

1.5The Existence of God - Arguments from Reason

1.6Religious Experience

1.7The Problem of Evil

1.8The Nature & Attributes of God

1.9Religious Language: Negative, Analogical, Symbolic

1.10Religious Language: 20th Century Perspective

2Religion & Ethics

3Developments in Christian Thought

3.1Saint Augustine's Teachings

3.2Death & the Afterlife

3.3Knowledge of God's Existence

3.4The Person of Jesus Christ

3.5Christian Moral Principles

3.6Christian Moral Action

3.7Development - Pluralism & Theology

3.8Development - Pluralism & Society

3.9Gender & Society

3.10Gender & Theology

3.11Challenges

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