One unit, one argument — told three times. What makes a Christian visibly a Christian: the water of baptism, the bread and wine of Communion, or the mission the Church is sent on?
Do the rituals of the Church actually do something — or do they declare something? And what is the Church itself for?
Every debate in this unit lines up on the same axis — from God acts (sacrament: something really happens) to the believer acts (declaration or service: nothing happens to the stuff). Pick a sub-topic, then tap a position to see what it claims and where it's strong or weak.
Tap a circle — or use Tab and Enter — to explore each position.
Top answers don't treat the three debates separately. Three ideas run through all of them — spot the thread and you're writing at the top of the mark scheme.
Either God acts through the ritual, or the believer obeys a command. Baptism and Communion split on exactly this line.
If faith can be fully expressed by a good life, is any outward sign needed? The same objection returns in every debate.
Is Christian identity something received — or something performed? The answer decides who gets baptised, who receives, and what mission means.
The unit splits into three debates. They look different, but each is really asking what the ritual — or the Church — actually does.
Everything for the unit, in one place. Open a sub-topic's lesson, booklet and podcast, and use the Philosopher Companion across all three.
LINKS list near the bottom, and paste each SharePoint share link once. Buttons with no link show as “Link not set”.
Use your resources in this order. The Philosopher Companion is where you learn to plan both question types.
One podcast per sub-topic — a teacher and student talk each view through to a judgement. Annotate as you listen.
Read the given text, write the key claims in your own words, then decide the strength and weakness you'd give each view.
In the Companion: match each term to its meaning, then use it in a sentence. RAG-rate the mastery checklist with the three faces.
Use the Companion frameworks and the guidance-left / your-turn-right scaffolds. Never evaluate what you haven't first explained.
A full review of Expressions of Religious Identity — Baptism, Holy Communion and the Mission of the Church. Best watched before you start revising, then again to check your recall.
Teacher: paste the YouTube link in the VIDEO_URL line near the bottom of this file. The player then appears here automatically.
Flip a card to check yourself. Switch between key terms (term → meaning) and views (view → claim, strength & weakness), and filter by sub-topic.