RELIGION STUDIES – PAPER TWO



Province of the

EASTERN CAPE

EDUCATION

NATIONAL

SENIOR CERTIFICATE

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|GRADE 11 |

|RELIGION STUDIES – SECOND PAPER |

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|NOVEMBER 2009 |

MARKS: 150

TIME: 3 hours

|This question paper consists of 4 pages. |

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

|1. |The question paper consists of FIVE questions. |

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|2. |Answer only THREE questions. |

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|3. |Read ALL the questions carefully before answering it. |

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|4. |Number the questions correctly according to the numbering system used in this |

| |question paper. |

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|5. |The length of your answers must be in accordance with the marks allocated to each question. |

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|6. |Write neatly and legibly. |

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|QUESTION 1 |

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|1.1 |Discuss each of the following concepts as understood in the study of religion: | |

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| |1.1.1 |mission |(10) |

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| |1.1.2 |evangelism |(10) |

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| |1.1.3 |ecumenism |(10) |

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|1.2 |Name and discuss FOUR common features of rituals. |(20) |

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|QUESTION 2 |

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|2.1 |‘South Africa is a secular state’. Discuss this statement. |(20) |

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|2.2 |Explain the difference between a myth and a narrative. |(10) |

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|2.3 |Discuss the role that religious communities can play in society in the struggle against crime. |(20) |

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|QUESTION 3 | |

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|3.1 |‘Dialogue is extremely important in situations of religious diversity’. | |

| |In the light of the above statement, critically discuss the following: | |

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| |3.1.1 |The dialogue of life. |(10) |

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| |3.1.2 |The dialogue of action. |(10) |

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|3.2 |Discuss each view of each of the following religions about leisure, rest and recreation: | |

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| |3.2.1 |Judaism |(10) |

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| |3.2.2 |Islam |(10) |

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| |3.2.3 |Buddhism |(10) |

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|QUESTION 4 |

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|4.1 |Describe the representational and presentational symbols and discuss the Christian symbols of the ‘fish’ and the |(20) |

| |‘cross’. | |

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|4.2 |Discuss the concept of stewardship in Christianity in terms of the environment. |(10) |

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|4.3 |Discuss the matters of critics with regard to the functionalistic view of faith. | (20) |

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|QUESTION 5 | |

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|5.1 |Discuss the role played by religious communities in the struggle for freedom in South Africa during the apartheid |(20) |

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|5.2 |The different religions have different rituals which are performed during the birth of children. Discuss the rituals|(20) |

| |in the African Traditional Religion, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Christianity. | |

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|5.3 |Briefly describe how the Baha’I’ faith developed in South Africa. |(10) |

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| | |TOTAL: |150 |

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