1. Neil Mckain – head of rs – pipers corner school
The challenges of secularism - Teaching humanism on the new A level specifications 
Neil Mckain – head of rs – pipers corner school
Intro - NATRE/ISRSA - PhD
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2. Framing the secular on the new specs

3. PEARSON (EDEXCEL)
Paper 4 – The Study of Religion - Option 4B (Christianity)
Social and Historical Developments

4. EDUQAS
Component 1 – Study of a Religion (option A: Christianity)

5. AQA
Section A – Study of Religion (2B: Christianity)

6. OCR
Paper 3 – Developments in Religious Thought (H573/03 - Christianity)

7. So how have I taught this unit?
Interrogate the Language of the Specification
How are these keywords used in the specification?
Are they synonymous? NO!
Atheist
Secularist
Humanist

8. DAWKINS Is on all four specs

9. Freud – the future of an illusion

10. A GREAT BOOK FOR THIS TOPIC & A-Level

11. Religion and the state https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOuuILfJ79U

12. SECULARISATION THEORY
Voas/Barnes/Lee/Taylor/McLeod on OCR Spec!!

13. NSS and Humanists uk

14. Why isn't Feuerbach on the specs?

15. The end – any questions
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