Resource list

Here’s a list of suggested references that can be used in your teaching of the religions and themes for Component 2 of Religious Studies B (8063). You can use these in addition to the prescribed texts from the specification.

The work of the church

• 1 Corinthians 12:27
• James 2:17
• Mark 12:31
• Matthew 5:7
• Matthew 5:9
• Matthew 5:10
• Matthew 25:35–36
• Matthew 25:40
• Matthew 28:19
• 1 Timothy 5:8
• 1 Timothy 6:10

Islam

Key beliefs

Qur’an

• 2:2
• 2:28
• 2:277
• 4:124
• 4:126
• 4:36
• 4:59
• 6:102
• 6:153
• 6:165
• 7:180
• 10:47
• 13:11
• 22:23
• 30:20
• 30:24
• 33:40
• 35:1
• 40:60
• 57:4
• 97:1–5

Authority

Qur’an

• 2:2
• 2:18
• 2:277
• 4:125
• 4:59
• 6:153
• 10:47
• 33:40
• 97:1–5

Worship

Qur’an

• 2:277
• 3:97
• 5:6
• 6:153
• 9:60
• 40:60
• 62:9

Duties and festivals

Qur’an

• 2:18
• 2:195
• 2:277
• 3:97
• 4:36
• 6:153
• 9:60
• 40:60
• 62:9
• 96:1–5

Judaism

Key beliefs

• Daniel 12:2
• Deuteronomy 6:4–5
• Deuteronomy 7:6
• Ecclesiastes 3:1–2
• Ecclesiastes 12:13
• Exodus 20:2–3
• Exodus 40:34–35
• Genesis 1:1–3
• Genesis 1:27
• Genesis 1:28
• Micah 4:3
• Psalm 8:7
• Psalm 24:1
• 1 Samuel 10:1

The Covenant and the mitzvoth

• Amos 5:24
• Deuteronomy 6:6–9
• Deuteronomy 7:6
• Ecclesiastes 12:13
• Exodus 13:9
• Exodus 20:2–3
• Exodus 20:8
• Genesis 1:28
• Genesis 17:11
• Kiddush prayer
• Leviticus 19:18
• Leviticus 19:34
• Malachi 2:16
• Micah 6:8
• Numbers 10:35
• Proverbs 22:22
• Proverbs 28:4–5
• Psalm 119:97–98
• Talmud

The synagogue and worship

• Amidah prayer
• Deuteronomy 6:6–9
• Deuteronomy 14:22
• Exodus 13:9
• Exodus 20:8
• Exodus 40:21
• Kiddush prayer
• Numbers 10:35
• Psalm 119:97–98

Family life and festivals

• Deuteronomy 14:22
• Exodus 12:15
• Genesis 2:24
• Genesis 17:11
• Kaddish prayer for mourners
• Leviticus 11:46–47
• Wedding vows

Theme A: relationships and families

• Exodus 20:14
• Galatians 3:28
• Genesis 1:27
• Genesis 2:24
• Humanae Vitae, 1968
• Leviticus 18:22
• 1 Timothy 5:8
• Gaudium et Spes, paragraph 48
• Exodus 20:14
• Genesis 1:28
• Malachi 2:16
• Proverbs 13:24
• Wedding vows

Theme B: religion, peace and conflict

• Isaiah 2:4
• James 2:17
• Mark 12:31
• Matthew 5:7
• Matthew 5:9
• Matthew 5:39
• Romans 13:1
• 1 Timothy 6:10
• Ezekiel 33:11
• Isaiah 2:4
• Leviticus 19:18
• Micah 6:8
• Proverbs 28:4–5

Theme C: religion, human rights and social justice

• 1 Corinthians 12:27
• 1 Corinthians 14:34–35
• Galatians 3:28
• Genesis 1:27
• James 2:17
• Mark 12:31
• Matthew 5:7
• Matthew 5:9
• Matthew 5:10
• Matthew 6:9–13 – The Lord’s Prayer
• Matthew 25:35–36
• Matthew 25:40
• Proverbs 22:22
• Romans 13:1
• 1 Timothy 5:8
• 1 Timothy 6:10
• Amos 5:24
• Deuteronomy 14:22
• Ezekiel 33:11
• Isaiah 1:8
• Leviticus 19:18
• Leviticus 19:34
• Micah 6:8
• Proverbs 22:22
• Proverbs 28:4–5