8 Mark

1 Explore the imortality of the soul.  (8)

1 Explore belief in the soul as non-physical and spiritual and continuing to exist after death of body.  (8)

1 Explore key views of  Rebirth.  (8)

1 Explore the belief there is no unchanging soul and importance of karma.  (8)

1 Explore key features of the teaching of Reincarnation.  (8)

1 Explore the belief in transmigration of souls and importance of karma.  (8)

1 Explore the essential features of the Replica theory of Hick.  (8)

1 Explore the notion that one can die in one body and continue to live in a different body while being the same person, including after death. (8)

1 Explore key views about resurrection. (8) Specimin Paper 2016

1 Explore the belief that God will restore the dead in bodily form to eternal life.  (8)

1 Explore the Jon Hicks replica theory.  (8)

12 mark

2. Assess the importance the religious beliefs about the immortality of the soul. (12)

2. Assess the view that the soul can survive the death of the body. (12) 2019 Q

2. Assess how far the idea of rebirth be reconciled with the absence of a permanent and unchanging self?(12)

2. Assess the importance of  the belief there is no unchanging soul and importance of karma. (12)

2 Assess to what extent it can be argued that the concept of reincarnation raises more problems than it solves. (12)

2. Assess how far does idea of Karma matter for the Buddhist concept of rebirth and the traditional notion of reincarnation. (12)

2 Assess the weakness of Hicks  Replica theory. (12)

2. Assess the notion that one can die in one body and continue to live in a different body while being the same person, including after death. (12)

2 Assess the strengths of the claim that 'the dead will be realised incorruptible'. (12)

2 Assess the importance of claim that God will restore the dead in bodily form to eternal life.  (12)

2 Assess how far it is the case that the belief in the resurrection of the dead in bodily form to eternal life fits into J. Hick's overall philosophy of religious pluralism. (12)

20 Mark

3b Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Immortality of the soul as a theory about life after death. (20) 

3b Analyse  the credibility of the view that the soul is a non-physical and spiritual and continuing to exist after death of body. (20) . 

3b Analyse to what extent does the belief in rebirth impact our understanding of the afterlife and the nature of existence? (20)

3b Analyse the view that the belief in rebirth can be reconciled with modern scientific understandings of the world. (20)

3b Analyse the weaknesses of the claim that the 'The concept of reincarnation raises more problems than it solves.' (20)

3b Analyse the relative importance of karma in the Buddhist concept of rebirth and the traditional notion of reincarnation. (20)

3b Analyse the significance of the Replica Theory provides a plausible solution to the problem of personal identity after death. (20)

3b) Analyse the importance of the replica theory for religious beliefs about the afterlife . (20)

3b Analyse the relevance of the . (20)

3b Analyse the strenghs and weakness of the view thats. (20)

30 mark

4 Evaluate the claim that the concept of the immortality of the soul can be reconciled with scientific understandings of the human body and brain . (30)

4. Evaluate the claim that there can be no disembodied existence after death. (30) 

4 Evaluate the relative importance of the implications of the belief in rebirth for ethical and moral decision-making . (30)

4 Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of belief in immortality of the soul and reincarnation. (30) 2016 Sams Q

4 Evaluate to what extent is belief in concept of karma important for belief in the transmigration of souls?

4 Evaluate the opinion the strengths and weaknesses of the the Replica theory of John Hick . (30)

4 Evaluate the implications that  the replica theory has for how we understand death and the afterlife. (30)

4 Evaluate the significance of the   . (30)

4. Evaluate the meaning and significance of the  . (30) 

4 Evaluate the claim that  .’ (30)

4 Evaluate the  . (30) 

4 Evaluate the . (30)

4 Evaluate the belief in the resurrection of the dead in bodily form to eternal life. (30)

4 Evaluate the importance of the  s. (30)