MARRIAGE

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MARRIAGE FAMILY
GCSE RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNIT A
REVISION NOTES
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Marriage Family Revision Checklist

• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• Keywords
• Why people get married/divorced?
• Christian views to marriage what happens in a
  Christian marriage ceremony
• Christian views to divorce
• How Christians bring up their children the
  importance of the family
• Muslim views to marriage what happens in a
  Muslim marriage ceremony
• Muslim views on divorce
• How Muslims bring up their children the
  importance of the family.
• Views on Sex Before Marriage

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Keywords How Many do you know?
marriage
cohabitation
adultery
Re-marriage
divorce
promiscuity
faithfulness
Extended family
Nuclear family
Reconstituted family
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General Information About Marriage Divorce.

• Marriage Less Popular

Increase in cohabitation
Rise in Divorce
Cost of getting married is increasing
Do not want to make a formal commitment
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Christianity Marriage

• Get married needs to be in church
• so legal in eyes of God
• Civil ceremony legal e.g. beach/hotel

Vows love through all different
experiences e.g. sickness/health/poverty
Rings Unending Love/It will never end
Readings/Prayers couple are given Gods blessing
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Christianity Marriage

• NB
• NOT ALL CHRISTIANS THINK THE SAME!!

Roman Catholics Service includes a mass
marriage is seen as a sacrament (something very
holy)
Orthodox Church Crowning crowns are placed
on the heads this seen as Power of Holy Spirit.
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Christianity Divorce

• AGAIN, ALL CHRISTIANS DO NOT THINK THE SAME

Church of England divorce socially acceptable
but will not remarry divorced people
Roman Catholics Marriage vow cannot be broken
So does not allow divorce. Annulment is
acceptable.
Non conformist Church divorce people can
remarry up to minister. View that if you have
made a mistake, you should not be punished
forever.
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Christianity Family Life

• View 1
• Family has roles e.g. Adam Eve
• God made man, then woman as a
• Companion. Woman tempted by serpent
• therefore needs protection

View 2 Man Woman made in Image of God.
Therefore should have equal roles in family/work
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Christianity Family Life How to bring up
their children.

• Baptized welcome into church
• given godparents

Parents pray with children celebrate
festivals
Church children should attend with parents
Go to Sunday School
Community Help with elderly/poor families
celebrate festivals
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Islam Marriage

• Purpose

Everyone should marry and raise children e.g.
Prophet Muhammad
Marriage social contract. Therefore should be
arranged
Marriage parents involved but do not force
marriage
Muslims should marry another Muslim/ but Muslim
men are permitted to marry Christians/Jews but
children follow the religion of the father i.e.
be brought up a Muslim
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Islam Marriage Ceremony

• Mahr groom agrees pay sum of money
• to wife

Nikah contract between couple
Imam leads prayers reads from the Qur'an
Walimah celebration after marriage
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Islam Divorce

• Do accept that sometimes divorce happens. But it
  is not approved.

• If marriage runs into problems
• See parents who arranged marriage
• Husband can then tell wife he will divorce her 3
  times over 3 month period
• If after this time problems not solved women
  not pregnant Divorced
• Wifes dowry is returned. Couple are then
  encouraged to re-marry
• NB if woman asks for divorce-she gets nothing
• However need to go through British legal system
  properly divorced

Polygamy practice of having more than one wife
endorsed by Quran but in non Muslim countries
not legally allowed
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Islam Family Life

• Family is one of Gods creations. Home-where
  Muslims learn essential
• things e.g. values/look after themselves/attitude
  to others.
• Parents responsibility to bring up good
  Muslims, so they will
• Pray with them
• Read them the Quran
• Celebrate/learn about festivals e.g. Ramadan/Eid

Extended Family Muslims support this. So will
look after elderly relatives. Other family will
live close e.g. cousins/uncles etc.

• Community support
• Ummah brotherhood of Muslims support/help
  other Muslims
• Mosque help marital problems/children in
  trouble/financial assistance

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FinallySex Before Marriage

• Christians think.DIFFERENT
• Roman Catholics must happen only within
  marriage otherwise a grave sin
• Liberal Protestants allow cohabitation
  prelude to marriage
• 10 Commandments thou shall not commit
  adultery therefore wrong

• Muslims think.
• Sex is only allowed with marriage - not allowed
  to cohabitate
• In Muslim countries severe penalties for
  adultery/cohabitation etc.
• Muslims must not lust after others eg have to
  wear appropriate dress