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Wiki for Mr Mac's Year 12 Studies of Religion class

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Class Work and Resources

• Past HSC Question

• Class Resources

• Class Work

Contemporary Aboriginal Spiritualities

• Aboriginal Spirituality as Determined by the Dreaming
• Issues for Aboriginal Spiritualities in Relation to:
  • The Effect of Dispossession
  • The Land Rights Movement

Religious Expression in Australia - 1945 to the Present

• The Religious Landscape From 1945 to the Present
  • Changing Patterns of Religious Adherence
  • The Current Religious Landscape
• Religious Dialogue in Multi-Faith Australia
  • Ecumenical Movements within Christianity
  • Interfaith Dialogue
  • The Relationship Between Aboriginal Spiritualities and Religious Traditions in the Process of Reconciliation

Judaism Syllabus (HSC)

Significant People and Ideas

• The contribution to Judaism of a Significant Person or School of Thought
• The Effect of That Person on Judaism

Ethics

• ONE of the areas of ethical teaching in Judaism

Significant Practices in the Life of Adherents

• ONE significant practice within Judaism

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Christianity Syllabus (HSC)

Significant People and Ideas

• The Contribution to Christianity of ONE significant person OR school of thought other than Jesus
• The effect of that person OR school of thought on Christianity

Ethics

• ONE of the areas of ethical teaching in Christianity

Significant Practices in the Life of Adherents

• ONE significant practice within Christianity

Judaism Syllabus (Preliminary)

Origins

• Abraham and the Covenant
• Moses, The Exodus and the Giving of the Torah
• Modern Judaism

Principal Beliefs

• Belief in a Single God
• Concept of a Moral Law
• Idea of a Covenant

Sacred Texts and Writings

• The Hebrew Scriptures
  • The Hebrew Bible
  • The Talmud

Core Ethical Teachings

• Commandments of the Torah
• Prophetic Vision
• The Book of Proverbs

Observance

• Shabbat

Other

• Glossary

Christianity Syllabus (Preliminary)

Origins

• The Historical and Cultural Context in which Christianity Began
• Jesus Christ
• The Development of Early Christian Communities
• The Branches of Christianity

Principal Beliefs

• The Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ
• The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
• The Nature of God and the Trinity
• Revelation
• Salvation

Sacred Texts and Writings

• The Bible

Core Ethical Teachings

• The Ten Commandments
• New Testament Ethics
  • The Beatitudes
  • Jesus' Commandment of Love

Personal Devotion

• Prayer