One religious tradition studied in depth: its beliefs, sacred texts, ethics, rituals and the contribution of a significant person.
These are the statements the Studies of Religion I syllabus makes about Religious Tradition Depth Study. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
The Buddhist tradition studied in depth: the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, the community and its principal practices.
The Christian tradition studied in depth: core beliefs, the principal denominations and the practices that distinguish them.
The Hindu tradition studied in depth: its principal beliefs, devotional practice and the internal diversity of the tradition.
The Islamic tradition studied in depth: the Qur'an, the Five Pillars, and the relationship between law and daily life.
The Jewish tradition studied in depth: the Torah, covenant, the principal practices and the formation of Jewish identity.
How a tradition's sacred text is understood and used, and the difference between the text and its interpretation.
How belief is expressed in practice, and how a ritual carries meaning that a description of its steps does not capture.
How a tradition derives ethical positions, and how it applies them to a contested issue rather than to an easy one.
The resources a tradition offers for peacemaking, including the tension between its peace teaching and its history.
The contribution of a significant figure or idea to a tradition, and how that contribution is assessed rather than merely described.
How a tradition has shaped and been shaped by social change, including where it resisted change.
The historical emergence of the tradition and how its founding narrative shapes what it claims about itself.
The core beliefs of the tradition and the scriptural or doctrinal basis each rests on.
One contested ethical issue, the tradition's teaching on it, and the internal debate the issue has produced.
How the tradition has acted on questions of justice, and how that action is justified from its beliefs.
The divisions within the tradition, what caused them, and what they reveal about which beliefs are load-bearing.
Places treated as sacred, the practice of pilgrimage, and what the geography of a tradition reveals about its priorities.
Rituals marking birth, adulthood, marriage and death, and how each expresses the tradition's view of the person.
How the tradition's beliefs about creation or interdependence generate an environmental ethic.
HSC Studies of Religion I - Trial Paper Shape is 50 marks in 90 minutes. Questions on Religious Tradition Depth Study are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Studies of Religion I uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Religious Tradition Depth Study is module 2 of 2 in Studies of Religion I. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Studies of Religion I dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.