Prescribed Titles for Religious Education Journal Work 2012

Two titles are given for each section of the syllabus. Candidates are required to submit journal work on one title only. Candidates select anyone from the following list of journal work titles:

Section A:  Communities of Faith

• Al. A case study on how one community of faith today is addressing both the needs of individual people and the needs of the community.
• A2. An analysis of the challenge that sectarianism could pose for onecommunity of faith today.

Section B. Foundations of Religion - Christianity

• B1.An investigation into the reasons why Jesus came in conflict with two of the following:
  •  Pharisees
  •  Sadducees
  •  Romans  
• B2.A profile of the way in which Jesus is represented in the Gospel of John.  

Section C. Foundations of Religion - Major WorId Religions

• C1. A study of the historical and geographical origins of one of the following major world religions:  Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism.
• C2. All world religions have had key moments in their development. A reflection on the impact of a time of persecution on the development of one of the following major world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism.

Section D. The Question of Faith 

• D1. A survey of the factors that influence the religious practice of teenagers today in one of the following world religions - Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism.
• D2. A profile of the way in which religious belief can be seen in the life of a person associated with the founding story of one of the  following world religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism.

Section E.  The Celebration of Faith

• E1. A case study on the way in which an important person in a spiritual tradition has contributed to the understanding of prayer in one of the following world religions: Buddhism, Christianity,Hinduism, Islam or Judaism.  
• E2. An examination of the meaning of two religious symbols associated with the sacrament of Baptism in a Christian denomination.

Section F. The Moral Challenge

• F1. An examination of the way in which the consequences of an action may influence a person in deciding what is right or wrong in relation to an issue.
• F2. Family Friends  Religion An analysis of the way in which two of the above can guide the moral behaviour of an adolescent

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