https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/Original Religious Studies current-affairs analysis and revision features.en-GBhttps://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/assisted-dying-bill-vote-2026-ethics/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/assisted-dying-bill-vote-2026-ethics/The Commons rejected the bill on 11 September 2026. Use the debate to test Natural Law, Situation Ethics and utilitarianism without confusing a vote with a moral argument.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/pope-leo-ai-encyclical-2026-human-dignity/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/pope-leo-ai-encyclical-2026-human-dignity/Magnifica Humanitas brings a 2026 Catholic response to AI into conversation with Christian personhood, Kantian ethics and questions about consciousness.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/church-attendance-2026-secularisation-evidence/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/church-attendance-2026-secularisation-evidence/Preliminary Church of England figures report growth in 2025. The stronger A Level question is what those figures measure, and what they cannot establish about belief across society.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/ai-and-the-mind-body-problem/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/ai-and-the-mind-body-problem/Machines can imitate conversation, but imitation is not yet consciousness. Here is how Plato, Aristotle and modern materialism sharpen the debate.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/when-algorithms-choose-kant-mill-and-ai/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/when-algorithms-choose-kant-mill-and-ai/Automated decisions expose the deepest differences between duty, consequences and character—and show why ethical theories need more than a worked example.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/secular-britain-decline-or-transformation/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/secular-britain-decline-or-transformation/Falling affiliation does not settle what secularisation means. The sharper debate concerns authority, belonging and the changing public role of Christianity.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/the-40-60-essay-from-knowledge-to-judgement/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/the-40-60-essay-from-knowledge-to-judgement/Top-band essays do not bolt evaluation onto recalled notes. They organise knowledge around a contestable line of reasoning from the first paragraph.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/how-to-read-primary-texts-without-drowning/https://religiousstudiesrevision.co.uk/articles/how-to-read-primary-texts-without-drowning/Difficult books become usable when you read for a question, track the author’s moves and turn quotations into arguments rather than decorations.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT