Useful Websites

Details of the OCR Religious Studies specification can be found at: http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as-a-level-gce-religious-studies-h173-h573-from-2016/

General

http://en.wikipedia.org/

A general online encyclopaedia but always use with caution as some articles are more reliable than others

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_bang

An article about the Big Bang theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

Comprehensive article on Bonhoeffer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hick

Summary of the life and work of John Hick

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

University of California, Berkeley, website giving a scientific account of the theory of evolution

http://plato.stanford.edu/ 

The highly respected Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://studyspiritualexperiences.weebly.com/

There is a wealth of information about religious experiences available on the Alister Hardy Trust website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/

Regularly updated details of BBC associated programmes and articles on ethics

http://www.creationism.org/articles/index.htm

A Creationist website containing a range of articles expressing Creationist views

http://www.dbonhoeffer.org/

Website devoted to the life and works of Bonhoeffer

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

An account of the theory of evolution

http://www.faithnet.org.uk

Articles and links on Philosophy and Business Ethics, etc.

http://www.harryhiker.com/exercise.htm

Online exercises on philosophy and ethics

http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/Kant.html

Countless resources and articles on Kant with links to other related websites

http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com

Articles on philosophy and ethics based on the work of Ayn Rand

http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/charles_darwin/origin_of_species/

Full text of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species

http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6024.html)

Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences, 2nd ed. (Free Executive Summary)

http://www.newadvent.org/

Roman Catholic website that covers all aspects of the faith including philosophical and ethical issues

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/

Aquinas, Thomas (2008 [1920]), The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, Second and Revised Edition, 1920 Literally translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province (Online Edition Copyright © 2008 by Kevin Knight).

http://www.nobunaga.demon.co.uk/htm/kant.htm

Kant’s works online

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/ownwords/future2.html

Online chapters of Freud’s From the Future of an Illusion (1927)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/ownwords/future2.html

Texts by Sigmund Freud and others

http://www.religion-online.org/

Online texts from recognised scholars on many issues including ethics and philosophy

http://www.religioustolerance.org/

Site working for religious tolerance across faiths and also looking at current ethical issues

http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/DB047

Scholarly article on Kant from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://www.rsrevision.com/contents/aboutus.htm

Useful revision site covering all the main topics of philosophy and ethics

http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php/articles/6968

Lawsuit Claims Children Punished for Not Praying

http://www.srtp.org.uk/

The Church of Scotland’s Science, Religion and Technology Project focusing on ethics

http://www.tere.org/

A Roman Catholic site for Teachers’ Enterprise in Religious Education

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1114992

A student discussion room on philosophy and ethics

https://www.truetube.co.uk/

Award-winning free resources for RE

http://www.uri.edu/personal/szunjic/philos/util.htm

A detailed survey of Utilitarianism

http://www.utilitarian.org/utility.html

Materials on Utilitarianism

http://www.utilitarianism.com/mill1.htm

Online version of Mill’s Utilitarianism

http://www.victorianweb.org/philosophy/utilitarianism.html

A critique of Mill’s Utilitarianism from the National University of Singapore

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFaithTube

An indispensable source of video clips on religious, philosophical and ethical issues