Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Religious Studies · 4RS1 · Free · no account needed

Sikhism

35 units, completely free. Paper 1 examines beliefs and values from the Sikh perspective (with the non-religious view throughout); Paper 2 (4RS1/2F, “Paper 2F: Sikhism”) examines the religion itself. A centre enters this route as 4RS1F.

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Paper 1 · Section 1 — The universe, creation and the place of human beings

1.1 · The universe and the place of human beings — One God made a world that is real and good and remains present inside it, so a Sikh engages with that world as a householder rather than…
1.2 · Human nature and the human condition — A person is body, mind and a soul that is a spark of the divine light, and the human problem is not that something is missing but that the…
1.3 · Selfishness, greed, ignorance and sin — Wrongdoing in Sikh teaching has one root — the belief that you are a separate self with separate interests…
1.4 · Free will, determinism and predestination — Everything happens within God's order and a person is still fully responsible for the direction of their mind…
1.5 · Ultimate reality — There is one timeless creator who is beyond birth and present within creation, and the Sikh creed states this mostly by ruling out the…
1.6 · Belief, uncertainty and unbelief — Sikhs come to believe through family, congregation and daily practice under the authority of a scripture installed as the living Guru…
1.7 · The problem of evil and suffering — Suffering happens within God's order, much of it is caused by human ego, and the Sikh answer is a posture rather than a theory…

Paper 1 · Section 2 — Life and death

2.1 · Death and life after death — The soul passes through many lives, human birth is the rare chance to end the cycle, and liberation is union with a personal God given by…
2.2 · The meaning and purpose of life — The purpose of a Sikh life is union with God, pursued through remembering God, earning honestly and sharing with others…
2.3 · Sanctity of life, abortion and euthanasia — Life is sacred because the divine light is in every person and life is a gift rather than a possession, and because the scripture rules on…
2.4 · Human relationships — Sexual relationships belong within marriage in Sikh teaching, desire out of control is the thief rather than desire itself…
2.5 · Marriage and partnership — Marriage in Sikhism is the expected setting for a spiritual life rather than a concession, and the ceremony presents the couple's union as…
2.6 · Divorce and remarriage — Sikh marriage is a spiritual union and divorce is a serious failure, but nothing makes it impossible — the code does not forbid it…
2.7 · Family structures and responsibilities — Family life is where Sikh practice happens, and because the tradition rejected monasteries the community had to build what one would have…
2.8 · Childlessness and celibacy — Sikhism rejects celibacy as a religious ideal because the holy life belongs inside a family and a job, and since there is no commandment…

Paper 1 · Section 3 — Peace and conflict

3.1 · Conflict and war — Sikhism permits force only when every other means has failed, only in defence of the oppressed and never to spread the faith…
3.2 · Peace, reconciliation and forgiveness — Sikh peace rests on equality and is asked for daily in a prayer that requests the welfare of everyone, and it is held together with…
3.3 · Bullying — Bullying attacks the divine light in a person and grows from pride, and Sikh teaching puts a duty on the people watching rather than only…
3.4 · Sin and crime — Sikhs treat wrongdoing as having both internal roots and social conditions, and they answer the second with unconditional provision that…
3.5 · Punishment — Sikh discipline answers a breach with service to the community and then restores the person, so reformation is not one aim among several…
3.6 · Capital punishment — Sikh scripture rules on neither side, so Sikhs differ — but a tradition whose own answer to wrongdoing is service followed by readmission…

Paper 1 · Section 4 — Rights, equality and social justice

4.1 · Human rights — Rights in Sikh teaching rest on the divine light present in every person and on a daily prayer for everyone's welfare…
4.2 · Equal rights and equal opportunities — Sikhism did not only teach equality, it built institutions to enforce it — a meal at the same level, shared names, and no priesthood…
4.3 · The multi-ethnic society and racial harmony — Sikh teaching against ethnic prejudice is the same teaching as against caste — one light in everyone — and the community was deliberately…
4.4 · The multi-faith society and interfaith relationships — Sikhism holds that God can be reached by many names, includes Hindu and Muslim saints in its own scripture, seeks no converts…
4.5 · Relationships between rich and poor — Sharing is one of the three duties that define a Sikh life, it must be done with honestly earned wealth, and it is institutionalised in a…

Paper 2 · Section 1 — Origins and their impact on the community: founders, texts and other sources of authority

1.1 · Guru Nanak and the origins of Sikhism — Sikhism began with a revelation to Guru Nanak and was built over ten lifetimes into a community with institutions…
1.2 · The Guru Granth Sahib as the living Guru — The Guru Granth Sahib was installed as the eternal living Guru in 1708, which closed the human succession permanently…
1.3 · The granthi and the Sikh sangat — Sikhism has no priesthood — a granthi is employed to read and care for the scripture, any competent Sikh may do the same…
1.4 · One other significant Sikh — Significance in Sikhism after the tenth Guru is earned by service, leadership or building something, and the strongest answers pair a…

Paper 2 · Section 2 — Celebration and pilgrimage

2.1 · Baisakhi and the Gurpurbs — Sikh festivals commemorate what people did rather than what God did — a community constituted in 1699, a Guru who would not leave prison…
2.2 · Pilgrimage, and whether Sikhs need it — Sikhism has no obligatory pilgrimage and Guru Nanak denied that a journey does the work, yet Sikhs visit Amritsar in millions…

Paper 2 · Section 3 — Worship and practice

3.1 · The Gurdwara: design and features — A gurdwara is defined by housing the Guru Granth Sahib, and its throne, canopy, whisk, resting room, four doors and dining hall are all…
3.2 · Sikh worship: Nam Japna, kirtan and Ardas — Sikh worship has no priest, no sacrifice and no image: it is remembering God's name, singing a scripture arranged to be sung…
3.3 · Rites of passage in Sikh life — Every Sikh rite happens in the presence of the scripture and involves the congregation with no officeholder mediating, and initiation…

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