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Subject Knowledge and Expertise Audit

This is a self-assessment audit and you are advised to answer the questions honestly in order to get the most out of the course. Your audit will be used to help consider the most appropriate modules in order to deepen and broaden your subject knowledge and expertise.

Complete all sections.

Section A: your details

Section B: to identify the areas of subject knowledge you wish to develop.

Name: _________________________________________________________________

Section A - answer all questions

1. I am (please highlight):

A teacher A TA/HLTA Other

2. I am working in or plan to work in (please highlight):

The secondary phase The primary phase

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Section B: to identify areas of subject knowledge you wish to develop

1. Rank the following religions and worldviews: most confident as number 1, least confident as number 8.

BuddhismChristianityHinduismHumanismIslamJudaismPhilosophy and EthicsSikhism

2. To identify areas of subject knowledge you would like to develop, complete the audit below. For 4 religions or worldviews, indicate your confidence by putting an x in the appropriate box.

Complete the audit for FOUR religions/worldviews.

Buddhism

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

BeliefsThe concept of Dhamma (Dharma)The Three Marks of Existence: anicca, anatta, dukkhaFive Aggregates (skandhas) Sunyata, Buddhahood and Buddha-nature.Arhat and Bodhisattva; Buddhahood and the Pure LandThe Buddha’s life and Enlightenment The Four Noble Truths; dukkha, samudaya, tanha, maggaEightfold Path to Nirvana Threefold WayDhammapada 190–191.

Worship and festivalsBuddhist temples, shrines, monasteries (viharas), halls for meditation or learning (gompas)Buddharupa, artefacts and offerings.Puja in the home and temple; chanting, mantras, malas. Festivals and retreats: Wesak, Parinirvana Day

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Buddhist ethicsEthical teaching: kamma (karma) and rebirth; compassion (karuna); loving kindness (metta).5 moral preceptsSix perfections (Mahayana)

Catholic Christianity

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

BeliefsTrinity, in the Nicene Creed, the Council of Nicaea.Biblical accounts of creation (Genesis 1 and 2)Beliefs about incarnation Beliefs about redemption: death and resurrection of Jesus; Catholic beliefs about salvation and grace.Beliefs about life after death: resurrection, judgement, heaven, hell and purgatory

Seven SacramentsMeaning of ‘sacrament’Seven sacraments: baptism; confirmation; reconciliation; anointing of the sick; matrimony; holy orders; eucharist

WorshipFormal and informal prayer, the Lord’s Prayer.Popular piety; the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross.Sites of Roman Catholic pilgrimageThe funeral rite

The work of the ChurchCatholic social teaching including Gaudium et Spes paragraph 26Catholic agencies including CAFOD, Trocaire, Missio.Mission and evangelism for Catholics todaySociety of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP)Either the Corrymeela community or Pax Christi.

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Christianity

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

BeliefsThe nature of God: omnipotent, loving and justThe problem of evil and sufferingOneness of God and the TrinityChristian beliefs about creation including the role of Word and Spirit (John 1:1–3 and Genesis 1:1–3).Christian beliefs about the afterlife; resurrection and life after death; judgement, heaven and hell.Beliefs and teachings about:• the incarnation and Jesus as the Son of God• the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension• sin, including original sin• the means of salvation, including law, grace and Spirit• salvation and atonement.

Worship and festivalsliturgical, non-liturgical and informal worshipprivate worship.Prayer; the Lord’s Prayer, set prayers and informal prayer.Sacrament of baptism; infant and believers’ baptismSacrament of eucharist (Holy Communion)

Pilgrimage and celebrations Christian pilgrimage: Lourdes and IonaChristmas and Easter

Local and worldwide churchLocal church; food banks and street pastors.

Mission, evangelism and Church growth.Worldwide Church; reconciliation, response to persecutionONE of: Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD), Christian Aid OR Tearfund.

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Hinduism

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

Nature of God and existenceBrahman: nirguna, saguna, spiritual worlds.Features of the divine; Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 391.Tri-murti: Brahma, Vishnu and ShivaDeities, including Ganesha, Lakshmi, Hanuman, Saraswati Avatara, including Krishna, Rama.Matter (prakriti); the three qualities (tri-guna); illusion (maya); cosmology (Rig Veda 10.129.6-7); the cycle of four ages; many worlds and their diverse inhabitants

Beliefs about the nature of human lifeAtmanSamsara, karma, moksha.Free will, responses to suffering; knowledge and ignorance.Virtues; ahimsa, respect, empathy, mind/sense control, humility, love.Four aims of human life: dharma, artha, kama, moksha.Dharma; sanatana dharma; varnashrama dharma

Worship and festivalsWorship at home, the temple; outdoorsHavan, puja, arati, darshan, bhajan/kirtan, japa/mantraWorship in Shaivism and Vaishnavism Focuses of worship: deities, gurus, sacred places, plants and animals; murtis; festivals of Diwali and Holi

LifestyleFour yoga paths: action (karma yoga); knowledge (jnana yoga); meditation (astanga yoga); devotion (bhakti yoga).Pilgrimage; Varanasi, Kumbh MelaHindu environmental projects: ‘cow protection’Charities promoting well-being, inclusion and women

Islam

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

BeliefsSix articles of faith (Sunni Islam), five roots of faith (Shi’a) IslamTawhid, Qur’an Surah 112.God: omnipotent, beneficent, merciful, just (Adalat in Shi’a Islam) God’s immanence and transcendence.Angels, nature and role, Jibril and Mika’il.Predestination, human freedom and the Day of Judgement.Life after death (Akhirah), resurrection, heaven and hell.

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AuthorityProphethood (Risalah) including Adam, Ibrahim and Muhammad.Qur’an: revelation and authorityKutub: Torah, Psalms, Gospel, Scrolls Imamate in Shi’a Islam

WorshipFive Pillars (Sunni), Ten Obligatory Acts (Shi’a) Islam Shahadah: declaration of faith Salah; wudu, rak’ahs and recitations, Jummah, differences in Sunni and Shi’a prayer

Duties and festivalsSawm, Night of Power, Qur’an 96:1–5. Zakah, Khums in Shi’a Islam.Hajj: Ka’aba, Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah and their significance.Jihad: greater and lesser jihad; conditions for lesser jihad.Festivals and commemorations: of Id-ul-Adha, Id-ul-Fitr, Ashura.

Judaism

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

BeliefsThe nature of God; one; Creator; Law-Giver and JudgeDivine presence (Shekhinah).Beliefs about life after death: judgement and resurrection.Messiah; different views on the role of the Messiah.

Covenant and mitzvotPromised land and the Covenant with Abraham; Genesis 12:1-3.Covenant at Sinai; Moses; Ten Commandments; Exodus 20:1-17.Moral principles: justice, healing the world, charity Sanctity of human life: ‘saving a life’ (Pikuach Nefesh).Relationship between free will and the 613 mitzvotMitzvot between humans and God; mitzvot between humans

Synagogue and worshipSynagogue; design and features of synagogues: bimah (reading platform), aron hakodesh (ark), ner tamid (ever burning light): Orthodox and Reform synagogues.• Public acts of worship including; Orthodox and Reform synagogue services; significance of prayer, including the Amidah, the standing prayer• Shabbat in the home and synagogue and its significance.• Worship in the home and private prayer.• Tenakh (written law) and Talmud (oral law); study, use and significance in daily life.

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Family life and festivals• Rituals and their significance; ceremonies associated with birth including Brit Milah; Bar and Bat Mitzvah; marriage ceremony; mourning rituals.• Dietary laws and their significance; different Jewish views; kosher and trefah; separation of milk and meat.• Festivals in the UK today, including the origins and meaning of; Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; Pesach

Sikhism

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

Key BeliefsGod in the Mool Mantra; Guru Granth Sahib (GGS) 1a.God as Creator; God’s relationship with creationHuman life as union with God; development of virtuesKarma and rebirth; muktiFive stages of liberation (five khands), barriers to muktiGurmukh (God-centred); manmukh (human-centred; the elimination of pride or ego (haumai).

Beliefs about the nature of human life Oneness of humanity; equality of all, equality of women with men.Expressions of equality in stories of the Gurus; Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh; the Guru Granth Sahib Sewa; physical (tan), mental (man) and material (dhan).Sangat (religious community).

Worship and serviceThe gurdwara; design, furniture, and artefacts; palki and takht.Gurdwara within the Sikh community.Prayer in the home, GGS 305:4.Akhand path.Langar as an expression of sewa.Meditating on the name of God (nam japna)

Festivals and lifestyleVaisakhi (Baisakhi); Divali; Gurpurbs, including Guru Nanak’s birthday; in India and the UKHistorical gurdwaras; Golden Temple (Harimandir Sahib) in Amritsar.Birth and naming ceremoniesInitiation (Amrit Sanskar); the Khalsa and the five Ks; sahajdhari and amritdhari Sikhs.Names Singh and Kaur.

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Philosophy of Religion / Religious Ethics

Area of Enquiry Very Confident

Reasonably Confident

Not Confident

RelationshipsSexual ethics: marriage, sex, families, contraceptionGender ethics

Religion and LifeReligious and scientific information about the origins of life and the universeEnvironmental ethicsMedical ethics: euthanasia and abortionArguments around the afterlife

Peace and conflictArguments around use of force, weapons of mass destruction, terrorismArguments around pacifism and non-violence

Crime and PunishmentReasons for crime, reasons for punishmentRedemption and forgiveness Arguments around capital punishment

Existence of GodArguments for the existence of God: design, cosmological, from religious experienceThe problem of sufferingArguments against the existence of God

3. Having completed Section B, record 4 different religions/worldviews and the areas you wish to focus on within each of these.

Religion or Belief Areas of Enquiry (you can record one or two for each religion or belief)

Audit Completed on:______________________________________ ( Date)

Email your audit to Kate at Kate@cstg.org.uk so we can begin to create your work record.

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