Pearson Edexcel A Level Religious Studies Paper 1 2025 Ms

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies Philosophy of Religion mark scheme for the Summer 2025 examination series (9RS0/01). This examiner-approved mark scheme provides complete indicative content, AO1 and AO2 assessment guidance, level-based marking criteria, and official examiner commentary for every Philosophy of Religion question in the June 2025 paper.

The mark scheme includes detailed examiner guidance on Process theodicy, the Kalam Cosmological Argument, religious language, R. M. Hare’s theory of bliks, verification and falsification debates, Wittgenstein’s Language Games, and the Ontological Argument. Students can clearly understand how Edexcel examiners award marks for philosophical reasoning, analytical essay-writing, critical evaluation, logical argument construction, and scholarly interpretation throughout the examination.

This resource also contains official level descriptors, assessment-objective breakdowns, evaluative arguments, and examiner expectations for achieving top-band responses. Topics include Process theodicy’s rejection of the inconsistent triad, the universe and causation in the Kalam argument, religious language as symbolic or analogical, Hick’s eschatological verification, Language Games theory, Anselm’s definition of God, Descartes’ perfection argument, Kant’s criticism of existence as a predicate, and links between Philosophy of Religion and Religion and Ethics, New Testament Studies, or Study of Religion.

Perfect for students preparing for the 2025 and 2026 Pearson Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies examinations, this mark scheme is ideal for self-marking, improving essay-writing technique, understanding examiner expectations, and mastering AO1/AO2 analytical evaluation skills under timed conditions. Pair it with the matching June 2025 9RS0/01 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-style revision and worked-answer support.

This document is designed for Year 12 and Year 13 students studying Pearson Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies, including first-time candidates, resit students, independent learners, and home-schooled candidates preparing for the 2026 examination series.

It is especially valuable for students who want to understand official Edexcel examiner methods for Philosophy of Religion essay writing, logical evaluation, AO1 knowledge development, and AO2 analytical reasoning.

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