Within this topic candidates should be familiar with the key teachings from the religion(s) studied and should be aware of how religious leaders and other faith members have interpreted these teachings and applied them to life in society today.• Types of prejudice, including religion, race, colour, gender, age, disability, class, lifestyle, looks;
• The causes and origins of prejudice, including ignorance, stereotyping, scapegoating, influence of parents or media, victims of prejudice, experience;
• Concepts of tolerance, justice, harmony and the value of the individual;
• Religious attitudes to prejudice and discrimination;
• Effects of prejudice and discrimination (including the idea of positive discrimination);
• Religious responses to prejudice and discrimination by individuals, groups, society and the law;
• Religious believers who have fought against prejudice, e.g. Mahatma Gandhi (Hinduism), Martin Luther King (Christian Baptist), Desmond Tutu (Christian CoE), Malcolm X (Islam).
