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.
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Philosophy reading list
Three different jobs: establish the course, consolidate it efficiently, then extend the debate for a more distinctive AO2 argument.
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Revision guide
My Revision Notes: OCR Philosophy of Religion (ISBN 9781510418042)
A concise companion for consolidating arguments, scholars and exam-focused recall.
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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.
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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.