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Religion, Poverty & WealthWhat You Need to Know - OCR Specification
Keywords
Key ideas
- Religious Views of Wealth and the Causes of Hunger, Poverty and Disease
- Wealth
- Causes of Hunger, Poverty and Disease
- Responses to the needs of the starving, the poor and the sick
- Concern for Others
- Biblical teachings about concern for others
- Understanding of 'charity'
- Different ways in which charity may be put in to practice
- Uses of Money
- Teachings about the use of money (e.g. gambling and lending)
- Giving to charity
- Moral and Immoral occupations
- Concept of moral and immoral
- Teachings about moral and immoral occupations
- Impact these teachings have on believers
- What is wealth?
- What is poverty?
- What is a moral occupation?
- What is charity?
- Give an example of a moral occupation?
- What are the Christian attitudes towards wealth?
- Why might a Christian feel they have a duty to help the starving?
- Why might someone decide to give to charity?
- Why might a Christian volunteer some of their time to help others? (2)
- Why do Christians feel that money can be a source of evil?
- Describe reasons a Christian may give for giving to charity
- Describe Christian teachings about the causes of hunger
- Describe Christian teachings about the causes of disease
- Describe Christian teachings about the causes of poverty
- Describe how Christian charity may be put into practice
- Describe Christian teachings about caring for others
- Explain Christian teachings about concern for the poor
- Explain why some people may think that some charities are more important than others
- Explain the Christian teachings about the right use of money
- Explain how Christians might work to help those who are poor and suffering
- Explain why Christians may try to avoid immoral occupations
- "A job is a job – it does not matter how people earn their money.” Discuss this statement
- “It doesn’t matter what charity you give to, it is the giving itself that is good.” Discuss this statement
- “Poor people bring it on themselves, they are not our responsibility.” Discuss this statement
- “If you have earned it, it doesn’t matter how you spend your money.” Discuss this statement
- "Christians should give everything to the poor." Discuss this statement
- WEALTH
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."(Matthew 6:19-21)
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."(Matthew 6:24) - CAUSES OF HUNGER, POVERTY & DISEASE
"If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you."(Leviticus 25:35)
"And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: 'Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God'. 'Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied'. 'Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh'."(Luke 6:20-21)
"But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."(1 Timothy 5:8)
"More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope."(Romans 5:3-4) - BIBLICAL TEACHING ABOUT CARING FOR OTHERS
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."(John 13:34-35)
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."(1 Corinthians 13:1-2) - GIVING TO CHARITY
"In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."(Acts 20:35)
"Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God."(Hebrews 13:16) - TEACHING ABOUT THE USE OF MONEY (E.G. GAMBLING OR LENDING)
"Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it."(Proverbs 13:11)
"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs."(1 Timothy 6:10)
"Lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself."(Ezekiel 18:13) - <TEACHING ABOUT MORAL & IMMORAL OCCUPATIONS
"None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God."(Deuteronomy 23:17-18)
"Observe people who are good at their work - skilled workers are always in demand and admired; they don't take a backseat to anyone."(Proverbs 22:29)
Keywords
- Wealth
- Hunger
- Poverty
- Disease
- Starvation
- The poor
- The sick
- Concern
- Others
- Money
- Gambling
- Lending
- Occupation
Key ideas
- Wealth – all the things that make you rich, such as money, houses, valuable items etc.
- Poverty – this is having no wealth; money, property or valuable items etc.
- Materially rich – when you have lots of wealth: money, property, investments etc.
- Spiritually rich – when you are a good person. Your qualities include kindness, care for others and compassion. You have lots of spiritual qualities.
- Debt – this is money you owe to someone else. This means you have to repay them with interest (pay more than you borrowed).
- Apathy: not caring, especially about the poor and disadvantaged.
- Inheritance: the wealth handed down or passed on from wealthy relatives when they die.
- Earnings: the money (salary, wages or increase in shares etc) you get from your job or interest on your assets.
- Dependency: being dependent on others for financial support (i.e pensioners and the unemployed may depend on welfare benefits).
Christian Views on the Causes of Poverty
- Some Christians see poverty as caused by human greed, which links it to Eve’s sin of temptation. Human sin, such as greed, causes poverty.
- Some Christians see poverty as a test of faith, like Job in the Bible.
- Some Christians see the devil as a cause of poverty. Poverty is evil and therefore the opposite of what God wants.
- Other Christians see poverty as caused by humans, but may explain it through non-religious ideas, such as employment, famine, nurture etc.
- Some Christians will see poverty as caused by people ignoring Christian teachings on charity and helping the poor etc. If everyone followed Jesus’ teaching of ‘love thy neighbour’, then there would be less poverty.
Teachings about poor and rich people
- Jesus said “Blessed are the poor for theirs is theKingdomofGod” during His Sermon on the Mount. This means the poor are holy and He loves them as much as the rich. The poor will go to heaven.
- Jesus said He had come to “preach good news to the poor”, which suggests He wanted to offer the poor hope and salvation.
- Jesus said he had come to help “outcasts”. In Biblical times this would include the poorest in society who were often mistreated by others.
- In the Bible, Jesus tells the parable (story) of Lazarus. The story is about a beggar who begs outside the home of a rich man called Lazarus. Lazarus never helps the beggar and when both die it is the beggar who goes to heaven and Lazarus to hell.
- Jesus taught that ‘It is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven’, which suggests just being rich is no guarantee of going to heaven.
- In the parable of the Sheep and the Goats, those that had feed the hungry, clothed the poor and visited the ill were separated by God like a shepherd separates sheep from goats. This suggests you should help the poor, especially if rich. The good go to heaven.
- In the Bible it says ‘love you neighbour as yourself’. If someone is need you should help them as you would want the same done if you were in a similar situation.
- In the Parable (story) of the Rich Fool Jesus tells a rich man storing wheat in his barn that it will be no good to him in heaven. This suggests accumulating wealth can be wasteful and it is better to do good deeds.
- Jesus also taught that the “treasure in Heaven” was better than treasure on earth.
Teaching about the right use of money & giving to charity
- Jesus also taught that you ‘cannot serve two masters’. This means that you should not put money and wealth above the love of God and your neighbours.
- Jesus taught that the ‘root of all evil is the love of money’. This suggests those that love money above all else will forget their humanity and think of money and wealth before others.
- Spending money on things that cause sin is bad. For example, gambling and prostitution would cause greed and adultery, which are wrong.
- Christians believe using money for charity is a good way of showing love to your neighbours.
- St. Paul, in the Bible, said Christians should save some money ‘on the first day of every week’. This could be used for charity.
- St. Paul also suggested Christians should give joyfully and also in kind, which means volunteering time to help others. He said this in his letters to the Corinthians in the Bible.
- In the past, Christian churches have asked congregations for 10% of their income, which will be used to help the church and others. This is called a tithe.
- In the Bible, Jesus said you should give ‘secretly’ and not use giving to charity for showing off or personal gain.
- Jesus believed it did not matter who gave the most. In the story of the Widow’s Mite, He praised a woman who gave two small coins with more respect than the rich who gave lots. This was because she was poor and gave as much as she could.
- There are many Christian charities, such as Christian Aid and World Vision, which help the poor in Africa and Asia.
- CAFOD does the same and is an acronym for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Aid. It is Roman Catholic and often raises money through church events.
- The Salvation Army is a Christian group that helps the poor, homeless and drug addicts. It offers spiritual and material help. Run like an army it seeks to ‘save’ those in need.
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