MATSEC IM Religious Knowledge case studies
MATSEC IM Religious Knowledge · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The MATSEC Intermediate Level Religious Knowledge examination is a secondary-school-leaving qualification awarded within Malta's national examinations framework. It is taken by students who wish to carry Religious Knowledge as an intermediate subject alongside their A-level choices, and it is also useful for candidates who need a certified humanities subject for further study, for entry to teacher-training or theology-related programmes, or simply to formalise knowledge they already hold. The MATSEC IM Religious Knowledge case studies are 5 cases and about 4,419 words.
1Six Days and a Science Test
Mark, 16, is in his first year at a Maltese Sixth Form and has chosen Religious Knowledge as an optional subject. His biology teacher opened a lesson on evolution by saying that Genesis is 'just a myth', while his grandmother insists that the six days of creation are literally twenty-four hours and that the world is about six thousand years old.
966 words, about 5 min2Three Gods at the Kitchen Table
Elena, 15, is preparing for Confirmation in a parish in Birgu. Her cousin David, one of Jehovah's Witnesses, has been visiting the family and has left a glossy tract that calls the Trinity 'a pagan invention' and says Jesus is 'a created god'.
895 words, about 4 min3The Vigil in Many Tongues
A parish in Marsa has a Saturday evening vigil Mass attended by about 180 people, including a growing Filipino community, Nigerian and Eritrean migrants, and long-standing Maltese parishioners. The parish priest, Fr Saliba, wants to celebrate the Second Sunday of Lent with a Tagalog hymn at the entrance, an English-language reading, a short liturgical dance by the Filipino youth group before the opening procession, and intercessions in Arabic.
878 words, about 4 min4The Ward Sister's Referral
Rita, 48, is a ward sister in a private hospital in Sliema. She is a practising Catholic and a member of her parish council.
876 words, about 4 min5Living Together in Year 10
Ms Farrugia teaches at a state secondary school in Malta. In her Year 10 cohort of 120 students, 48 are Catholic, 30 are Muslim (mostly Libyan and Somali), 12 are Orthodox, 2 are Jewish, and 28 have opted for the Ethics class.
804 words, about 4 min