6. Study of Religions

1. Introduction to the Study of Religions

1.1. Introduction to History of Religions

1.2. Introduction to Comparative religion

1.3. Methodology of the Study of Religions

1.4. Textual Sources: Introductory Course

• 010055 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to the New Testament II - The Catholic Epistels
  Stowasser, We 10:00-12:00 (16×)
• 010270 VO 3 ECTS General Introduction to the Old Testament
  Birnbaum, Th 12:00-14:00 (15×)
• 020110 VO 2 ECTS The so-called "Lukan travel narrative" (Lk 9-18)
  Öhler, We 15:00-17:00 (17×)
• 020112 VU 6 ECTS Introduction into the Bible
  Öhler, We 10:00-12:00 (13×)
• 060015 VO 2 ECTS Introduction to Hebrew Bible
  Weigold, Th 11:15-12:45 (15×)

1.5. Textual Sources: Reading Course

• 010110 SE 6 ECTS Psalms
  Schwienhorst-Schönberger, We 14:30-16:00 (17×)
• 020073 UE 5 ECTS Exercise in Exegesis of New Testament - Texts concerning the Theology of the New Testament and the History of the Early Church
  Pratscher, We 08:30-10:00 (17×)
• 020103 VO+UE 1 ECTS Exegesis of Capita Selecta from the Book of Ruth
  Loader, Fr 11:00-12:00 (16×)
• 020104 VO+UE 1 ECTS Exegesis of Capita Selecta from the Book of Ruth
  Loader, Fr 12:00-13:00 (16×)
• 020105 UE 3 ECTS Old Testament exegetical exercises
  Loader, Mo 03.03. 13:00-17:00, Tu 04.03. 13:00-17:00, We 05.03. 13:00-17:00, Th 06.03. 13:00-17:00, Fr 07.03. 13:00-17:00
• 020106 SE 5 ECTS Seminar on Women in the Deuteronomistic History
  Loader, Fr 13:30-15:00 (16×)
• 020114 UE 4 ECTS Cursory Interpretation of New Testament Texts
  Lang, Th 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 060050 UE 4 ECTS Coptic Grammar and Texts I
  Goff, Mo 10:00-12:00 (14×)
• 060054 UE 2 ECTS Hieratic I
  Holaubek
• 060059 UE 2 ECTS Reading Egyptian Texts
  Holaubek
• 140033 UE 3 ECTS Buddhist Texts III: Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara, Chapter 9
  MacDonald, We 15:00-16:30 (17×)
• 140343 UE 3 ECTS Buddhist Texts I: Cognizing beyond the Perceptible
  Lasic, Tu 09:00-10:30 (16×)
• 140483 PS 4 ECTS Travel of the Dead - Death Rituals and Conceptions of Afterlife in the Garudapurana and the Pretamanjari
  Buß, Th 09:15-11:00 (11×)
• 140529 PS 4 ECTS Readings in the Bhagavadgita II
  MacDonald, We 10:00-11:30 (17×)
• 140542 PS 4 ECTS The First of the "Family Books" of the Rigveda - Selected Stanzas of the Gritsamadas in praise of Agni, Indra and other Gods
  Werba, Tu 18:00-20:00 (16×)

1.6. Advanced Methodology

• 010144 SE 2 ECTS Methods of Qualitative Research - in a theological context
  Hamachers-Zuba, Mo 16:30-19:30 (2×), Mo 16:00-19:00 (6×)
• 010348 SE 6 ECTS Discourse about Matrimony and Gender-relations in the Old Testament
  Rapp, Mo 10.03. 12:15-13:00, Fr 10:00-17:00 (2×), Sa 10:00-17:00 (2×)
• 010369 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] Cross-cultural communication - How to create effective communication with different cultural groups
  Grzymala-Moszczynska, Mo 05.05. 14:00-18:00, Tu 06.05. 14:00-18:00, We 07.05. 12:00-16:00, Th 08.05. 12:00-16:00, Fr 09.05. 08:00-12:00
• 020092 SE 4 ECTS Applied Studies of Religion - Meander or essential discipline ?
  Reiss, Th 11:30-13:00 (14×)
• 140561 UE 3 ECTS The Exploration of Tibetan Religion: Eminent Researchers and their Contributions
  Bethlenfalvy, Tu 16:30-18:00 (17×)
• 010153 PS 4 ECTS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
  Gr. 1 Tiwald, Mo 15:00-17:00 (16×)
  Gr. 2 Heindl, Mo 15:00-16:45 (9×), Mo 14:00-15:45 (2×)

2. History of Religions

2.1. Contemporary Religions

• 010131 VO 4.5 ECTS Introduction to Christianity (lecture)
  Treitler, Mo 16:30-18:00 (16×)
• 010223 VO 3 ECTS Church History Compact II - A Survey of the History of the second Christian Millenium
  Klieber, Mo 18:00-19:30 (16×)
• 010312 VO 4.5 ECTS Afroamerican Religions. An Introduction
  Hödl, Th 16:00-18:00 (15×)
• 020091 VO 3 ECTS Christianity in Afrika - Old traditions and new movements
  Reiss
• 060049 VO 4 ECTS Introduction to the history, culture and religion of Judaism, part 2: Rabbinic period
  Stemberger, Tu 13:00-14:30 (17×)
• 140367 VO 2 ECTS The Islam 1-2
  Lohlker, Mo 11:00-13:00 (15×)
• 140546 VO 1 ECTS [ en ] Chinese Religions with Special Emphasis on Buddhism
  Benická, Mo 21.04. 14:00-16:15, Tu 22.04. 10:30-12:00, We 11:00-13:00 (2×), Th 24.04. 11:00-12:30, Fr 25.04. 10:15-11:45

2.2. Specialised Courses

• 060021 VO 5 ECTS The Kabbalah, an Introduction
  Davidowicz, We 16:30-18:00 (14×)
• 060044 VO 2 ECTS Religious-cultural tendencies in modern Judaism
  Lemberger, We 10:00-11:30 (17×)
• 140047 VO 2 ECTS Folk Religions and Deities in South India
  Amaladass, Mo 14:00-15:30 (5×), We 14:00-15:30 (6×)
• 140060 SE 4 ECTS Islamic Theology and Philosophy, 17th - 20th Century
  Mühlböck, Mo 17:00-18:30 (5×), Th 17:00-18:30 (4×)
• 140062 VO+UE 2 ECTS Political Theory and Social Philosophy in Islam 2
  Ben-Abdeljelil, We 12:00-13:00 (17×)
• 140078 SE 8 ECTS Seminar on Modern Islamic Studies: Current Trends in Islamic Discourses
  Lohlker, Tu 10:00-12:00 (16×)
• 140121 SE 8 ECTS Post-Classical Islamic Theology
  Lohlker, Th 16:00-18:00 (15×)
• 140479 UE 2 ECTS Islamic Criminal History 2
  Reinfandt, We 14:00-15:00 (17×)
• 140552 UE+EX 4 ECTS New Feminist Concepts in Islam - Literature and Practice
  Abid, Fr 16:00-18:00 (2×)
• 140560 VO 2 ECTS Aspects of Tibetan Religious History
  Bethlenfalvy, We 08:45-10:15 (17×)

2.3. Historical (extinct) Religions

• 060055 UE 4 ECTS Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt II
  Goff, Tu 10:00-12:00 (13×)
• 090209 VO 3 ECTS Cults and Sanctuaries in Ancient Aetolia and Acarnania
  Dintsis, Th 10:00-12:00 (13×)
• 090273 VO 3 ECTS Cult and Deities in the Aegean
  Blakolmer, Tu 10:00-12:00 (14×)
• 090289 SE 6 ECTS Mycenaean Sanctuaries
  Blakolmer

3. Comparative Religion

• 010233 SE 6 ECTS Seminar: New Religions and Secularization
  Figl, Tu 14:30-16:00 (16×)
• 010305 SE 6 ECTS Ideas of Reincarnation: Past and Present
  Heller, Tu 11.03. 12:15-14:00, We 12:00-14:00 (3×), We 09:30-14:00 (3×)
• 010316 SE 6 ECTS Sacrifice and offering within Religions. Theories of a basic ritual practice
  Hödl, Th 12:00-14:00 (15×)
• 010357 SE 6 ECTS Main topics of the Buddhist-Christian Dialogue
  Figl, Tu 16:30-18:00 (16×)
• 010364 SE 6 ECTS Religions and the end of the world - Religions and the end of the world
  Winter, Tu 04.03. 18:00-20:00, Tu 18:00-21:00 (12×)
• 020090 SE 4 ECTS Background of suicide attacks in different cultural and religious contexts
  Reiss
• 020093 SE 4 ECTS The right of freedom of religion and manifestation of belief for various religions in the jail - Legal, social and interreligious aspects
  Reiss

4. Approaches to the Study of Religions

4.1. Missionary Studies, Theology of Religions

• 010371 VO 4.5 ECTS Interreligious Dialogue - The Official Documents of the Catholic Church
  Fürlinger, We 13:00-15:00 (16×)
• 010372 VO 4.5 ECTS Being church in mission. An Introduction to the Theology of Mission
  Helm, Mo 12:15-14:00 (15×)

4.2. Political Theory of Religions

• 010368 SE 5 ECTS [ en ] Visual Representation of the Radical Islamic Movements
  Kovacs, Tu 09:00-11:00 (5×), We 09:00-11:00 (5×)
• 020090 SE 4 ECTS Background of suicide attacks in different cultural and religious contexts
  Reiss
• 210142 PS 6 ECTS [ en ] D6, G10: Current Trends in Antisemitism Research
  Kübler-Berghammer, Tu 20:15-22:00 (13×)

4.3. Didactics of Religions

4.4. Aesthetics of Religion

• 010177 VO 4.5 ECTS Introduction in Christian Iconography: The Image of Christ II - (Images of Transfiguration, Passion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost and Doomsday)
  Rauchenberger, Th 16:00-19:00 (6×)
• 060018 VO 2 ECTS Jewish art in antiquity
  Landesmann, Tu 09:45-11:15 (17×)
• 080066 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Aspects of Indian Architecture (au.K.) - Social, Symbolic and Formal Origins of the Indian Temple
  Meister, We 15:15-17:45 (4×), Mo 05.05. 10:30-13:00, Fr 10:30-13:00 (3×)
• 140329 VO+PR 3 ECTS Selected Topics in African Art: Art and Oracle
  Plankensteiner

4.5. Cultural Anthropology of Religion

• 010312 VO 4.5 ECTS Afroamerican Religions. An Introduction
  Hödl, Th 16:00-18:00 (15×)
• 240021 VO 3 ECTS Anthropology of Religion and Consciousness - An Introduction
  Kremser, Mo 11:00-13:00 (16×), Tu 09:00-11:00 (16×)
• 240024 VO 3 ECTS Anthropology of Myth. An Introduction.
  Mader, Th 10:00-12:00 (15×)
• 240065 VO 3 ECTS Funeral Art - Entrance ticket to the land of the Deads
  Keller, Th 12:00-14:00 (14×)
• 240066 VO 3 ECTS Grundlagen der mesoamerikanischen Religion samt Lektüre II
  Stenzel, Tu 11:00-13:00 (17×)

4.6. Philosophy of Religion

• 010350 SE 6 ECTS Seminar: main positions of philosophical criticism of religion
  Langthaler, Th 13:30-15:45 (15×)
• 020086 SE 4 ECTS Philosophy of Religion and Culture
  Danz, Th 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140530 SE 6 ECTS Readings in the Madhva School - The Purnaprajnadarsana of the Sarvadarsanasamgraha of Madhva
  Mesquita, We 13:30-15:00 (17×)
• 140547 VO 2 ECTS On the Religious Background and Thought of the Buddhist Epistemologists
  Eltschinger, Mo 17:15-18:45 (15×)
• 180070 SE 5 ECTS The question on god
  Bader
• 180329 VO 3 ECTS The Conception of God
  Klein, We 10:30-12:00 (15×)
• 180419 SE 5 ECTS The concept of philosophy in Islam - The authority of Aristoteles on the opinion of Ibn Rushd(Averroes 12. cen.): Are Philosophy and Theologie contradictory?
  Sheikhalaslamzadeh, We 09:00-11:00 (17×)
• 180485 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Chinese Philosophy: Classical Confucianism Daoism, and Chinese Mahayana Buddhism
  Shen
• 180486 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Chinese Philosophy - Neo-Confucianism
  Shen

4.7. Psychology of Religion

• 010369 SE 2 ECTS [ en ] Cross-cultural communication - How to create effective communication with different cultural groups
  Grzymala-Moszczynska, Mo 05.05. 14:00-18:00, Tu 06.05. 14:00-18:00, We 07.05. 12:00-16:00, Th 08.05. 12:00-16:00, Fr 09.05. 08:00-12:00

4.8. Religion and Law

• 010132 VO 3 ECTS Basic Terms of Canon Law
  Müller, Tu 14:00-16:00 (17×)
• 010327 VO 1.5 ECTS The Constitution of the Church 1: Basic Questions
  Müller, Mo 14:00-15:00 (16×)
• 010328 VO 1.5 ECTS The Constitution of the Church 2: Structures and Institutions of the church
  Müller, Mo 15:00-16:00 (16×)
• 030052 SE 4 ECTS Law of Chrstian East - Orthodox Churches in Europe
  Potz
• 030399 VO 3 ECTS Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich
  Schima, Mo 17:30-19:00 (15×)
• 030407 SE 4 ECTS Development of Human Rights in Austria and the Relationship between Church and State - vertiefende historische Kompetenz (auch für DiplomandInnen und DissertantInnen)
  Schima
• 030441 VO 3 ECTS Europe and the islamic modernism
  Potz, Tu 17:00-18:30 (16×)
• 030442 VO 3 ECTS Freedom of Relgion and Belief in Europe
  Potz, Tu 15:00-16:30 (16×)
• 030567 SE 4 ECTS Discrimination for ethnic and religios reasons - (auch für DiplomandInnen und DissertantInnen)
  Potz
• 030610 SE 4 ECTS Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria and Europe; Recent Austrian and European Court Decisions - (auch für DiplomandInnen und DissertantInnen)
  Potz

4.9. Sociology of Religion

• 010360 VO 4.5 ECTS [ en ] Contemporary Approaches to Religion in Sociology and Cultural Analysis - Secularisation Theory Re-Examined
  Naletova, We 18:00-19:30 (12×)

5. Applied Study of Religions

• 010321 EX 9 ECTS Study Trip: Religions in Northern India
  Ladstätter
• 010325 EX 9 ECTS Excursion to Romania
  Prokschi
• 010329 SE+EX 9 ECTS Slovakia - Church-Neighbour Slovakia: Traces of its great ecclesiastical past and pastoral present (guided excursion)
  Klieber