Salvation: a priest’s perspective

Key stage

KS4

Subject

Religious Education

Collection

Christian beliefs

Format

Video , PDF (1mb)

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Photograph of The Reverend Dr James Hawkey talking about Salvation, as part of a series of films titled A Priest's Perspective
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Overview

Watch The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Canon Theologian and Almoner at Westminster Abbey, explore the Christian teachings about salvation, whether belonging to the Church is the only way to be saved form sin and the question of whether Jesus had to die. As an Anglican priest, he answers these past GCSE exam questions in an age-appropriate way.

Download the accompanying teachers’ notes document, including a full transcript and follow-up tasks. These include a visual thinking exercise, a discussion activity and an exam-style essay question.

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lesson are aligned to:

OCR

  • The concept of salvation

AQA 

  • Jesus Christ and salvation

Edexcel

  • The nature and significance of salvation and the role of Christ within salvation