Explain what Christians believe about their responsibility for other people.
Question One Explain what Christians believe about their responsibility for other people. It is important for Christians to be responsible and care for the people in countries of poverty. In Genesis it states that God made people in his own image. This gives the human person dignity as He made us to be like him. Human life is therefore sacred and should be protected. Humans are also dignified be were created to be above all other of Gods creations. In Genesis 1:26 God said "and now we will make humans...they will have power over the fish the birds and all animals". God gave us gifts and talents that other beings do not have. This shows our dignity however with this comes responsibilities and as we are steward of the Earth we should protect all of God's creations which includes Humans. At the incarnation God became human which gives us dignity as it shows how humans are special and that God became human and took no other form. As humans have this dignity, it is important to protect it. We should help one another and not take away the dignity of the human person. In Luke Jesus tells the story of the Good Samaritan. it is about a Samaritan that helped a man who had been mugged and at a time when Samaritans were discriminated against. It shows us how to be a good neighbour by helping those in need. Jesus here shows Christians that they should take pity on people in
Poverty. What do Christians teach about causes of hunger and disease?
Religious studies - Poverty Coursework A01. (i) What do Christians teach about causes of hunger and disease? Christians teach that one of the main reasons for poverty and causes of hunger and disease is unfair trade. Large companies exploit people who cant find a better wage elsewhere. People like farmers are encouraged to grow whatever they can most cheaply and sell it worldwide. The big companies use third world citizens for cheap labour and pay them unfair wages. This helps the profits of the big companies but is bad news for the farmers. Farmers do not get a fair price for what they produce, which means they still cannot afford to support themselves and their families fully. These people become hungry, they cannot afford enough food. These people become diseased, they cannot afford healthcare or healthy living. Christians also teach that another one of the causes of hunger and disease is arms race. Arms race is where different countries put all of their money into developing arms and weapons for war rather than focusing and spending the money on the more important things such as poverty and developing health care. They do this in competition with other countries. This leads to another cause of hunger and disease, a corrupt government. Governments and leaders who put the wrong things in the wrong order in terms of priorities are mainly corrupt. Governments spend
I shall be analysing different teachings from different religions on wealth and Poverty, which are the Christian, and Islamic teachings
Religious Teachings on Wealth and Poverty In this coursework, I shall be analysing different teachings from different religions on wealth and Poverty, which are the Christian, and Islamic teachings. Both religions believe that wealth and riches should be used for the good and Prosperity of the Poor. a) (i) Outline Christian teaching, and the teaching of ONE other religion on wealth and poverty Christian teachings on wealth and Poverty In this part of my coursework, I will be explaining the teachings of Christianity and their beliefs concerning wealth. Christians believe that wealth is a reward and Gift from God which should be used in productive ways. Christians believe that wealth on its own is not bad but can be used to do good. Christians believe that wealth must be made legally and morally and wealth is not for them only. Jesus said that wealthy People are more likely to be led away from Righteousness. Jesus himself does not mind poor people as long as their soul is Pure. A way in which Jesus taught the multitude that wealth on earth is unnecessary but life in heaven is essential can be seen in Matthew 6:19:20, which quotes "Do not store up riches for yourself....." Jesus is saying that riches are not necessary on earth but life in heaven is a number one priority and that to get to heaven their souls must be pure. Another teaching that God wants the money to be
Outline Christian and Jewish teachings on wealth and poverty.
RS GCSE Coursework Wealth and Poverty (a) (i) Outline Christian and Jewish teachings on wealth and poverty. Christians: Views on Poverty Christians believe that money can be used for good purposes such as helping those who are less fortunate than themselves. Christians should earn money in honest ways, and what you receive is a gift from God, so your wealth is not entirely yours. In Timothy 6, Jesus states that religion can make you rich. The infamous quotation: 'Love of money is the root of all evil', indicates to us we should not be too obsessed with money as this way of thinking can break us. This is the teaching in which it speaks of people who have inherited money in evil ways. People have desired wealth and have inherited it in ways, which have gone against the principles against their religion, which means they have gone against God. They have forever pierced their souls with their wrongdoings all because of the desire for money. This is a warning of what money can do to people and tries to ward off people from committing evil deeds for money. In James 2, Jesus states; "if a person is hungry, one should feed him and if a person is cold, one should clothe him." This suggests that you must share your money with the less fortunate, as they are more vulnerable. In 2 Corinthians 9, Jesus states that "a person, who plants a few seeds, will have a small crop,
Poverty in Islam
Poverty in Islam I personally think that there should be rich people in the world as well as poor people. This enables the rich to support the poor through Sadaqah and Zakah. Through a Muslim point of view, there can be rich people, but they must help the poor because the Prophet said: 'None of you believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.' From the times gone by of the Muslims we know that there can be wealthy people, even if there is poverty in the world. Many of the companions of the Prophet were very rich, but they were very generous with their wealth. They helped the poor and needy by giving away much of their wealth. They also donated a great deal for Islam, for example they donated money etc to Jihad and other battles in the history of Islam. In the Battle of Tabuk, many of the Companions of the Prophet generously gave their wealth in order to help the Muslims provide for the battle and in return they got reward for doing so. The wealth they have been blessed with is from Allah. For this reason they have a duty to help the poor because this is a responsibility they have been given. Some other people think that the rich should not help the poor because they are lazy and not very hardworking. This is true in the sense that the rich work hard to earn their wealth, so they deserve the reward they get for the hard work, but they must
Poverty is a Controversial Issue.
Poverty is a Controversial Issue Introduction In sociology we have been studying the welfare state, which is a social system under which the state has responsibility for protecting the health and welfare of its citizens. The welfare state was established as a safety net to protect the vulnerable members of society and provide them a satisfactory level of income, health care, education and housing level. Poverty was introduced in our group, with two questions. Which were 'What do you think poverty is? And 'What groups suffer from poverty? We all wrote down our opinions and shared them as a group, the opinions have been shown in the appendix, I have used this as primary evidence on different definitions on what poverty is. We came to a conclusion that poverty was when someone has low income or no income and cannot cope with everyday expenses. We were also given a sheet with statements on what poverty was, we had to choose the most satisfactory statement to what poverty is. Figure 1 shows the results of what we thought describes poverty. Figure 1: Poverty is... % Homeless people sleeping on the street 45% Always being short of money 40% Destitution or extreme hardship 35% starving 30% Existing rather than living 20% Having insufficient money to make choices 5% Not being able to pay the television license fee 5% Feeling hungry all the time 5% Buying
Wealth and Poverty
Outline Christian Teaching on Wealth and Poverty In this modern world, we normally understand the term "wealth and poverty" is to do with money. People who has a lot of money is wealth and poverty is when someone has only little amount of money, they are separate from one and other. Some people may even think that making money is the main purpose of living. However, the Christian teaching, "wealth and poverty" it not like that, money is not the main purpose for living, wealth and poverty do link together, the rich people need to help their neighbours who need help. Christians believe that God created the world and everything for everyone to enjoy. In the Old Testament, Leviticus 25:23, it mentions that "your land" is not yours, it "belongs to God" so you are not exactly wealth, you are poverty. Therefore, you should provide money for the poor people no matter whom they are as "you would for hired servants." This is because God has used his only son to save us. This is a part of the Golden Rule "Treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself." Nothing is evil in itself, but everything can be misused, this includes money too. It is supported by the Bible (1 Timothy 6.10) 'For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil' It can be squandered or it can be used to help the needy. Jesus identified himself with the poor and their needs throughout his ministry, which
Organise an activity that will benefit both the local and wider community and raise money for charity.
Citizenship Coursework In citizenship we need to organise and/ or participate in an event that will benefit the local community for our coursework. In order to do this we may work in small groups or on our own; I am going to work with one other person, Stephanie Hobart. I think this will make it easier to brainstorm ideas and together our organisation skills will complement each other. Planning Aim: to organise an activity that will benefit both the local and wider community and raise money for charity. Purpose: to promote how fundraising can be fun through my activity. Before I started my activity I created an action plan so I knew what I had to do and when I had to do it, see appendix to view this plan. Before we could contemplate what kind of things would benefit the community and be feasible for us we thought of what activities we were involved in both in and outside of school, we could then link these to ways of helping the community. From this spider diagram we decided what activities would appeal to the wider community and what ones were most accessible. The problem with the dance display was that not everyone would enjoy the activity and we had to find a hall or community centre for them to perform in. The dance school would have danced for free but there would be a charge for the hall and advertising so we thought this idea entailed too much outlay cost
Why are some parts of China so rich while other parts are so poor?
Why are some parts of China so rich while other parts are so poor? China today is going through an age of a fight for wealth, freedom and the division of wealth. Over the past centuries China has been divided into two areas: large cities in which many live in considerable wealth, where there is a rapidly increasing availability of well-paid jobs and a strong industrial economy. On the other hand, the other side of China is of poor towns and cities and rural areas struggling and failing to climb on even the first rung of the ladder of the richer cities' increasing wealth. China still has to cope with the cost of its disastrous 'rush to riches'. As a result of the economic revolution, many people have suffered and lost their lives. Men have died to fuel the economic revolution and many still mine; it is the only job that is left in some of the poorer parts of China, and with the low pay they struggle to feed their large families. There are often disasters in the mines and then the families are left behind to fend for themselves. An article in The Times last year shows a picture of widows and children of miners who were killed last year in the Shangxu mining disaster. 'Every 52 minutes a minor dies somewhere in China.' Poor families are left to live in destitution, while the mine owners continue to take the profits made by their exploited and cheap workforce. While parts of
Fair trade
Introduction: What is Active Citizenship? (Pg.2&3) Aims (Pg.4) Fair Trade Action Plan (Pg.5) Description of Event (Pg.6) A copy of the fair trade questionnaire (Pg.7) Pre event Questionnaire results (Pg.8&9) Survey results in bar chart: Analysis of results (Pg.10 to 13) Evaluation (Pg.14) Conclusion (Pg.15) Bibliography: A list of books and websites I used (Pg.16) This page shows a list of the books and websites I used for this course work. Books: Websites: www.uglymugcoffee.com www.citizen.org.uk www.fairtrade.org.uk On this page I explain what "Active citizen" is and say which part of the syllabus that the course work covers in my own words. Active Citizenship is taught in schools to be provoking, inspiring and actively engage with the political, social and moral issues of the world around us. It is recognized that such learning cannot be purely classroom based but also requires young people to learn through active participation and involvement in real experiences in the school and wider community. The key element of the National Curriculum is aimed at developing students' skills of participation and responsible action and this is one of them. The coursework covers Unit 3 on World Trade, including Fair Trade and Unit 1 on Rights and Responsibilities. The activity that we did was the 'Coffee Morning'