Core textbook
OCR A Level Religious Studies: Philosophy of Religion (2020, ISBN 9781510479937)
An OCR-focused course textbook for securing the specification foundations of the Philosophy paper.
Paper 1 · curated reading
Philosophy reading list
Three different jobs: establish the course, consolidate it efficiently, then extend the debate for a more distinctive AO2 argument.
Use the title and ISBN to identify the edition through your school or library. Each recommendation includes guidance on what it adds to your revision.
Revision guide
My Revision Notes: OCR Philosophy of Religion (ISBN 9781510418042)
A concise companion for consolidating arguments, scholars and exam-focused recall.
Stretch reading
Tim Bayne, Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction (ISBN 9780198754961)
Accessible academic reading that places the course arguments in a wider philosophical debate.
Turn reading into marks
Use a three-pass method
- Locate the claim.Write the author's conclusion in one precise sentence.
- Reconstruct the reason.Identify the evidence or premise that is supposed to make the conclusion credible.
- Test it.Set the argument beside its strongest objection and state the criterion behind your judgement.
Topic-specific sources
Continue into annotated reading
Every topic guide contains primary-text context, named scholars and further reading chosen for that debate.