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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Religious themes in culture

How often Religious themes in culture comes up on the Religious Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Religious themes in culture, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Religious themes in culture.

(a)Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting The Last Supper shows…
  1. Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
  2. Jesus's final meal with his disciples
  3. The birth of Jesus in a stable
(b)Handel's Messiah, a musical work about the life of Jesus, was first performed in 1742 in which city?
  1. Rome
  2. London
  3. Dublin
(c)A film tells how a mother forgives the man who harmed her son. Which religious theme does it explore?
  1. Forgiveness
  2. Creation
  3. Pilgrimage
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(a) Jesus's final meal with his disciples

(b) Dublin

(c) Forgiveness

Your turn: Common Level questions on Religious themes in culture.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q6
2025Q1, Q2
2024Q6
2023Not asked
2022Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Religious themes in culture questions

Religious themes in culture, 3 marks

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Aslan's death and return to life echo…

  1. The escape of the Israelites from Egypt
  2. The enlightenment of the Buddha
  3. The death and resurrection of Jesus
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The death and resurrection of Jesus

Lewis, who was born in Belfast, was a Christian. Aslan gives his life to save Edmund and comes back to life, reflecting Christian beliefs about Jesus's sacrifice.

Religious themes in culture, 3 marks

John Newton, who once worked in the slave trade, wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. Its main theme is…

  1. Reaching Nirvana through meditation
  2. God's mercy changing a person's life
  3. Keeping the kosher food laws
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God's mercy changing a person's life

Newton came to see his past as wrong and later spoke out against slavery. The hymn expresses the Christian belief in grace: God's forgiveness, freely given.

Other Religious Education topics

All of Junior Cycle Religious Education