UK · Subject guide
Religious Studies
A-Level Religious Studies (AQA 7062), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
01 · Overview
Religious Studies
A-Level Religious Studies (AQA 7062), against the DfE/Ofqual subject content.
- Subject guide
- A-Levels
- Topics mapped
- 16
02 · Complete topic map
Complete topic map
Every topic recorded for this subject in the curriculum is reproduced below in its full hierarchy. The descriptions reflect the mapped scope without implying additional exam rules.
- 01
Arguments for the existence of God
Examines the design, ontological and cosmological arguments for God's existence alongside their major philosophical criticisms.
- 02
Evil and suffering
Considers the problem of evil as a challenge to belief in God and the main theistic responses or theodicies.
- 03
Religious experience
Explores types of religious experience such as visions, numinous and mystical encounters and what they suggest about God.
- 04
Verifying religious experiences
Assesses how far religious experiences can be authenticated, including scientific challenges and Swinburne's principles of credulity and testimony.
- 05
Religious language
Investigates whether statements about God are meaningful, addressing cognitive and non-cognitive views and the verification and falsification debates.
- 06
Miracles
Analyses differing definitions of miracle and philosophical debates about whether miracles can occur and be believed.
- 07
Self, death and the afterlife
Studies concepts of the soul, body and personal identity together with views on the possibility of life after death.
- 08
Normative ethical theories
Introduces deontological, teleological and character-based approaches including natural moral law, situation ethics and virtue ethics.
- 09
Application of ethical theories to life and death issues
Applies natural moral law, situation ethics and virtue ethics to practical questions of human and non-human life and death.
- 10
Introduction to meta ethics
Explores the meaning of moral terms such as right and wrong and whether ethical statements describe objective facts.
- 11
Free will and moral responsibility
Examines debates over freedom and determinism and their implications for holding people morally accountable.
- 12
Conscience
Compares psychological and theological accounts of conscience and its role in making moral decisions.
- 13
Bentham and Kant
Studies the contrasting ethical frameworks of Bentham's utilitarianism and Kant's duty-based moral philosophy.
- 14
Study of a chosen religion
In-depth study of one religion (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism) covering its sources, beliefs, practices and lived expression.
- 15
Dialogue between the chosen religion and philosophy of religion
Evaluates how the studied religion interacts with and is challenged by ideas from the philosophy of religion.
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Dialogue between the chosen religion and ethics
Evaluates how the studied religion engages with and responds to issues raised by ethical studies.
03 · Where this subject applies
Where this subject applies
These pathways and regions are explicitly connected to the subject in the curriculum.
Pathways and specifications
AS-Level
Advanced Subsidiary — the first year of A-Level study (standalone or first half of the full A-Level).
A-Level (A2)
The full Advanced Level — AS content plus the second-year A2 content.
Nations and regions
All registered regions
04 · Official sources
Official sources
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Public references
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