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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The responsibility to care for the world on God's behalf.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: CreationCultivating the garden involves using it, while keeping it involves caring for it. This supports stewardship: humans manage creation on God's behalf, rather than owning it without obligations.
The belief that humans have a responsibility to care for the world and its creatures on God’s behalf.
Explain the link between a religious teaching and a judgement about experimentation: stewardship may lead a Christian to oppose tests that cause animal suffering.
Distinguish dominion (authority over creation) from stewardship (the duty to care for it). They can work together rather than being opposites.
Link a religious belief to a practical response: for example, stewardship can motivate Christians to reduce waste and recycle.
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The belief that humans have a God-given duty to care for the created world and the life within it.
The responsibility given by God to humans to care for the created world and the life within it.
The belief that humans have a responsibility to care for the world and its living creatures on behalf of God.
The responsibility to care for the world entrusted to human beings by God.
The responsibility to manage resources entrusted by God in ways that reflect God's purposes.
The belief that people should manage resources entrusted to them by God responsibly, including for the benefit of others.
The responsibility to care for and use resources wisely; religious believers may understand these resources as gifts entrusted to them by God.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The responsibility to care for the world and its living things. In Christianity, this means caring for creation on God’s behalf.
Revise: Dominion, Stewardship and Environmental ResponsibilityStewardship means caring for something entrusted to you. A caretaker manages property but does not own it or have an unlimited right to damage it. In the same way, Christians understand themselves as caring for a world that belongs to God.
Responsible care for the world and its resources. In Jewish environmental teaching, this includes caring for what belongs to God.
The responsibility to care for and manage the natural world rather than exploit it irresponsibly.
The responsibility to care for and use resources entrusted to humans by Allah.
The responsibility to look after the world on God's behalf.