One unit, one argument — told three times. Britain is more secular every decade: is that the defeat of Christianity, or the gospel changing where it lives?
Has secular Britain replaced Christianity — or absorbed it?
Every debate in this unit lines up on an axis — from Christianity replaced to Christianity relocated. 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. The same ideas run through all of them — spot the thread and you're writing at the top of the mark scheme.
The same falling-attendance data reads two ways: Christianity losing its authority — or its values so absorbed that no label is needed.
If God became human in Jesus, the secular world is where the gospel belongs. That one doctrine licenses every engagement strategy.
Dawkins' charge — belief without evidence — echoes through every debate. So do its replies: the poetry analogy, and McGrath's limits of science.
The unit splits into three debates. They look different, but each is really asking who gets the final word.
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 Secularism — the challenge, the responses on wealth and Dawkins, and the Church's new expressions. 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.