Endorsed by WJEC, this title has been written to support students revising for unit 1 in the WJEC GCSE Religious Studies specification B, and accompanies the fully revised and updated 'Believing and Living' student textbook.

It supports students' knowledge and understanding of the course content and gives them confidence in revising for the examination.
It includes:
* a summary of the key content and concepts that students need to learn for each topic
* a clear breakdown of the arguments for and against different issues which students needs to know to gain the higher marks
* exam tips which give guidance on what the examiner is looking for
* practice examination questions.

Other titles in the series:
Religion and Human Experience Revision Guide
Believing and Living Student's Book
Believing and Experiencing Student's Book
WJEC GCSE Religious Studies Specification B: Teacher's Resource File


Written by the highly experienced author team of Joy White and Gavin Craigen, these resources are the result both of their experience as senior examiners with WJEC and their understanding of teaching practice.

Explaining the requirements of the revised GCSE Religious Studies specification and providing the classroom resources to enhance teaching and learning in both the full and short courses, this Teacher's Resource File is an essential purchase for all WJEC Religious Studies GCSE specification B teachers and represents outstanding value for money.


Bring out the best in every student; enable them to develop in-depth subject knowledge with this accessible and engaging Student Book, created by subject specialists and covering the content your students need to know for the reformed specification in a single book.

- Helps students of all abilities fulfil their potential and increase their understanding through clear, detailed explanations of the key content and concepts
- Motivates students to build and cement their knowledge and skills using a range of imaginative, innovative activities that support learning and revision
- Provides a variety of quotes from sources of authority that students can draw on to enhance their responses and extend their learning
- Encourages students to make links between the world religions and philosophical and ethical issues so they develop a holistic view of religion in modern Britain
- Prepares students for examination with a rich bank of exam-style questions, guidance on how to improve responses and student-friendly assessment criteria
- Enables you to teach unfamiliar topics and systematic studies confidently with clear explanations of Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh beliefs and practices, verified by faith organisations


Believing and Experiencing

by Gavin Craigen and Joy White

Published 28 November 2003
Believing and Experiencing has been written to match the WJEC Specification B Option B (Religion and Human Experience). It has been written by Chief and Senior Examiners to follow the new 2002 Specification. Covering the six religious traditions of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism, the book investigates how their teachings relate to five areas of human experience in life: Religion and Conflict - analysing issues of war, violence and peace; Religion and Medicine - exploring the effects of religious values, beliefs and practices on attitudes towards the sanctity of life and medical ethics; Religious Expression - evaluating the issues of people expressing their faith, and considering aspects of symbolism in places of worship, and pilgrimage; Authority - Religion and State - investigating the interconnectedness between law and order in religion and society; Suffering and Evil - exploring the issues of innocent suffering and the concept of evil.
It also includes: Believing and Experiencing - as its companion volume; and, Believing and Living - also provides Exam Tips, GCSE exam-style questions, sample answers and tasks and activities that will help to develop the Key Skills as identified in the specification.

Endorsed by WJEC and written by experienced Senior Examiners, this second edition has been revised to support the requirements of the new 2009 WJEC GCSE RS Specification B, Unit 1. It covers religious beliefs and values, human experiences and issues and religious concepts and skills. GCSE exam-style questions and sample answers help to prepare the students for the new exam. The book investigates the role of four religions - Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism.

Prepare students for WJEC GCSE Religious Studies specification B through engaging content and activities combined with effective exam preparation, endorsed by WJEC.

Including coverage of the six main world religions, Believing and Living has been written to support WJEC GCSE Religious Studies specification B: Unit 1 (Religion and Life Issues). It:
- Investigates religious beliefs and values as they relate to the life issues identified in the specification
- Enhances teaching and learning of the course, with dynamic and effective classroom activities
- Prepares your students for their exams with exam-style questions and sample answers.


Credu a Phrofi

by Gavin Craigen and Joy White

Published 25 September 2010

Endorsed by WJEC, this title has been written to support students revising for unit 2 in the WJEC GCSE Religious Studies specification B, and accompanies the fully revised and updated 'Believing and Experiencing' student textbook.

It supports students' knowledge and understanding of the course content and gives them confidence in revising for the examination.
It includes:
* a summary of the key content and concepts that students need to learn for each topic
* a clear breakdown of the arguments for and against different issues which students needs to know to gain the higher marks
* exam tips which give guidance on what the examiner is looking for
* practice examination questions.

Other titles in the series:
Religion and Life Issues Revision Guide
Believing and Living Student's Book
Believing and Experiencing Student's Book
WJEC GCSE Religious Studies Specification B: Teacher's Resource File