Religious views of the created world

Candidates will be expected to have studied the views of one religion, but, where appropriate, may refer to more than one religion in their answers.

• The creation of the world by God, the best of all possible worlds
• The world created according to God’s intentions
• God sustains the created world
• The status and duty of humankind in the created world
• Status of the non-human world

Issues arising

• Is God’s world perfect and must it be so?
• The ethical implications of the idea that God sustains creation
• Religious and ethical views about the human and non-human world