Cameroon GCE A-Level Religious Studies case studies
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The Cameroon GCE Advanced Level Religious Studies is a written essay examination taken after the Ordinary Level, generally by candidates who intend to read theology, religious studies, philosophy, law, education or the humanities at university, or who need it for teaching and pastoral work. It is not a catechism test. The Cameroon GCE A-Level Religious Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,786 words.
1Two Texts, One Dispute: Retaliation in a Market Town
In a market town near Buea, a trader's stall has been broken into three times in two months, with losses totalling 180,000 CFA. At a youth meeting, 12 of the 25 members want to organise night patrols with machetes; 8 say the police are corrupt and useless; 5 are undecided.
679 words, about 3 min2Teaching Revelation at an Interfaith Assembly
Garoua's government secondary school has 320 students: about 190 Muslim, 110 Christian and 20 adherents of African traditional religion. The principal has scheduled a compulsory 40-minute assembly on 'revelation' after a fight between two students who accused each other's faith of being 'man-made'.
770 words, about 4 min3A Healing Claim and the Hospital Ethics Committee
At a district hospital in the North West Region, a 19-year-old woman with epilepsy is brought in after four seizures in ten days. Her family says she stopped taking carbamazepine six weeks earlier after an evangelist prayed for her at a crusade; for the first six weeks she had no seizure, and the family calls this a miracle.
748 words, about 4 min4The Conditional Donation and the Church Orphanage
A church-run orphanage in Bamenda cares for 38 children and runs a monthly deficit of 250,000 CFA. A brewery offers 3,000,000 CFA a year for three years - exactly 250,000 CFA a month - on condition that its logo appears on the orphanage van and that the orphanage display the slogan 'Drink responsibly'.
699 words, about 3 min5Who Buries the Chief? A Mixed-Faith Succession Dispute
In a village of about 1,200 people in Adamawa, the paramount chief dies at 67. He was baptised Catholic in 1998 but also served as guardian of the ancestral shrine, a role his lineage regards as essential for land rites.
890 words, about 4 min