Community Cohesion Revision

1. Community Cohesion Revision

2. Key words

3. Roles of Men and Women • Attitudes to the role of men and women have changed greatly: • Women now have equal rights • Men and women are expected to share roles in the home • Attitudes have changed because of: • The feminist movement • Social and industrial changes. • The effects of the world wars

4. Christianity and Women's Rights • Traditional Protestants believe only men should be religious leaders because this is what the Bible teaches. • Liberal Protestants believe men and women should have equal roles in religion because Jesus had women disciples. • Catholics believe men and women should have equal roles, but only men can become priests because Jesus was a man.

5. Islam and Women's Rights • Traditional Muslims believe that men and women should have different rights in religion because of tradition and the teachings of the Qur’an. • Modern Muslims believe that men and women should have equal rights in religion because of the teachings of the Qur’an and the example of the Prophet.

6. UK as a multi-ethnic society • The nature of the UK as a multi-ethnic society, including the problems of discrimination and racism. • Britain has many ethnic minorities and so is a multi-ethnic society. • Multi-ethnic society needs equal opportunities and treatment to work, so prejudice and discrimination cause major problems in such a society because they do not treat everyone equally

7. Government and Community Cohesion • Government action to promote community cohesion in the UK, including legislation on equal rights for ethnic minorities and religions. • The UK is promoting community cohesion by • Passing laws against racism and discrimination • Making community cohesion part of the national curriculum Community cohesion is important because without it a multi-ethnic society will become violent and divided.

8. Why Christians should help to promote racial harmony • The example of Jesus • The teachings of the Bible against racism

9. Islam and Racial Harmony • Muslims should promote racial harmony because Islam teaches that racism is wrong because of the teachings of the Qur’an and the example of Muhammad.

10. UK as a Multi-Faith Society • Britain is a multi faith society because several religions are practiced here and everyone is free to practise their religion. • A multi-faith society has many benefits such as religious freedom and the opportunity to find out about, and think more deeply about, different religions.

11. Issues around Multi-Faith Society's • A multi-faith society needs to have laws giving equal rights to all religions and to those who have no religion (religious pluralism). However, a multi-faith society can raise problems for religious people in areas such as: • Conversion attempts by other faiths because it is like discrimination • Bringing up children because they may leave their parent’s faith • Interfaith marriages because of having to decide which faith the children should be brought up in.

12. Why Christians should help to promote racial harmony. • The teachings of the Bible against racism • The teachings of the Churches against racism • The example of Jesus

13. How religions Promote Community Cohesion • Ways in which religions work to promote community cohesion in the UK. • Religions are working for community cohesion in the UK by: • Working to discover what is the same about religions • Helping with interfaith marriages • Making sure that all children learn about different faiths • Joining local and national groups to promote community cohesion

14. Community Cohesion, Religion and the Media • How an issue arising from religion and community cohesion has been • presented in one form of the media, for example in a television or • radio programme, or in a film, or in the national press; including • whether the treatment was fair to religious beliefs and religious • people