Edexcel GCSE RE Unit 8.1 Key words

Question	Answer
Bible	the holy book of Christians
Church	the community of Christians (with a small 'c' it means a place of worship)
conscience	an inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action
the Decalogue	the Ten Commandments
democratic processes	the ways in which all citizens can take part in government (usually through elections)
electoral processes	the ways in which voting is organised
the Golden Rule	the teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you.
human rights	the rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled
political party	a group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of its policies (e.g. Labour, Conservatives)
pressure group	a group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue.
Situation Ethics	the idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do.
social change	the way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibility for future change)

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