Evil and suffering: secondary teachers’ guide

Key stage

KS3; KS4

Subject

Religious Education

Collection

Christian beliefs

Format

PDF (117kb)

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Photograph of the devil beneath St Michael's feet, part of Henry VII's tomb in Westminster Abbey, representing the evil and suffering teaching guide for secondary teachers

Overview

Enhance your own knowledge of Christian understanding of evil and suffering with this detailed guide for secondary teachers. Designed as an introductory summary for non-specialists or a handy recap for specialists, this document covers the concept and origin of evil, the problem of evil and suffering, the Book of Job, and the Christian response. To aid your planning, each explanation comes complete with relevant Bible quotes.

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lesson are aligned to:

OCR 

  • The problem of evil and suffering and a loving and righteous God

AQA 

  • The problem of evil and suffering

Edexcel

  • The problem of evil/suffering and a loving and righteous God