B. Master Degree Programme in Science of Religion

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

• 020113 VO 2 ECTS Compulsory Optional Subject: Introduction to Islam (Part 2)
  Reiss
• 090212 VO 3 ECTS The religion of the Etruscans
  Amann, Th 10:00-12:00 (15×)
• 130175 VO 4 ECTS Literary Texts on Slavic and Baltic Heathenism - The Bride in the Backyard - Die grüne Wiese
  Katicic, Tu 17:00-19:00 (13×)
• 140147 VO 5 ECTS The Deities of Tibetan Folk Religion
  Bethlenfalvy, We 08:45-10:15 (15×)
• 150063 VO 2 ECTS Religion in Japan
  Scheid
• 180190 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
  Gabriel, Mo 16:30-18:00 (12×)
• 240071 VO 5 ECTS [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun
  Davis-Sulikowski, We 14:00-16:00 (15×)

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

• 060053 UE 4 ECTS Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt I
  Goff, Tu 07.10. 10:00-12:00
• 060060 SE 5 ECTS Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
  Stemberger, Tu 14:45-16:15 (12×)
• 060066 SE 5 ECTS Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
  Davidowicz, Mo 14:45-16:15 (12×)
• 060074 SE 5 ECTS Women in Antique Judaism
  Lange, We 11:15-12:45 (15×)
• 140119 UE 5 ECTS Hinduism in the Diaspora
  Buß, Th 11:15-12:45 (15×)
• 140251 SE 8 ECTS Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
  Mühlböck, We 18:00-20:00 (9×), Mo 17:00-19:00 (6×)
• 140308 SE 8 ECTS History of Ideas in Islam
  Lohlker, Th 14:00-16:00 (15×)

M03: Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

• 010043 VO 3 ECTS Ritualtheorien
  Hödl, Th 16:15-17:45 (14×)

M04: Applied Systematics

• 020115 SE 4 ECTS Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
  Reiss

M05: Religion and Society

• 010150 SE 2 ECTS Religion and Ethics in modern society: An Introduction
  Heller

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 020091 VO 5 ECTS Religion as Experience: Introduction to the Psychology of Religion
  Heine

M07: Additional Subject Areas

• 010049 VO 4.5 ECTS Debates of Religion in Contemporary Art
  Rauchenberger, Th 16:00-19:00 (7×)
• 010050 VO 4.5 ECTS The relationship between Church and State
  Müller, Tu 14:00-16:00 (14×)
• 030165 VO 3 ECTS Global ethic and law - Lecture series in cooperation with "Austrian Global Ethic Initiative"
  Potz, Th 18:30-20:30 (14×)
• 030392 VO 3 ECTS Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria
  Schinkele, Mo 16:30-18:00 (12×)
• 140183 VO 4 ECTS Political History of the Arab World (History of the Arabs in Classical Times 1)
  Eisenstein, Mo 10:00-12:00 (13×)
• 180256 VO 3 ECTS The Conception of God
  Klein, We 10:30-12:00 (15×)
• 180305 VO 3 ECTS Zen and Philosophy - Philosophical Anthropology
  Hashi, Tu 11:00-13:00 (14×)

M08: Reading Theological Texts

• 010010 SE 6 ECTS Seminar: Apocryphal Gospels
  Kühschelm, Th 16:00-18:00 (15×)
• 010077 SE 6 ECTS Selected Texts of the Philokalia
  Prokschi, We 15:30-17:00 (15×)
• 020062 UE 3 ECTS Old Testament exegetical Exercises
  Loader
• 140129 PS 5 ECTS The Goddess Kali in Sanskrit Literature seen from the angle of the History of Religion - unter religionsgeschichtlichem Aspekt
  Hofstätter, We 16:15-17:45 (15×)
• 140130 PS 5 ECTS Readings in the Dharmasutras
  MacDonald, We 11:00-12:30 (15×)
• 140131 UE 5 ECTS God Indra's Panic and Blood-Guilt - The Vrtra Fight and the Murder of Vishvarupa in Vedic Literature
  Werba, Mo 17:15-18:45 (13×)
• 140142 UE 5 ECTS Reading Tibetan Texts I: Atisha's Lam sgron
  Wieser-Much, Tu 08:30-10:00 (14×)
• 140144 UE 5 ECTS Reading Buddhist Texts II: Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha
  Wieser-Much, Th 08:30-10:00 (15×)
• 140145 UE 5 ECTS Reading Buddhist Texts IV: Emptiness and the Bodhisattva in the Prajnaparamita Literature
  MacDonald, We 15:00-16:30 (15×)
• 140148 UE 5 ECTS Ritual Texts of Tibetan Folk Religion
  Bethlenfalvy, We 12:30-14:00 (15×)

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010008 SE 6 ECTS Theories of Gender and Church History
  Hold, Mo 14:00-16:00 (13×)

M10: Science of Religion in Practice

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

• 010014 VO 3 ECTS Church History Compact I - A Survey of the History of the first Christian Millenium
  Klieber, Mo 18:00-20:00 (13×)
• 010082 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to the History of Religions: main topic Islam
  Figl, Mo 16:00-17:45 (13×)
• 060060 SE 5 ECTS Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
  Stemberger, Tu 14:45-16:15 (12×)
• 060063 VO 2 ECTS The position of women in orthodox Judaism through the ages
  Lemberger, Tu 09:30-11:00 (12×)
• 060064 VO 2 ECTS Introduction to Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
  Davidowicz, Mo 12:45-14:15 (12×)
• 060066 SE 5 ECTS Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
  Davidowicz, Mo 14:45-16:15 (12×)
• 060068 VO 2 ECTS Eva Frank, the female Messiah - History of the heretic Kabbalah
  Davidowicz, Mo 16:30-18:00 (12×)
• 060073 VO 2 ECTS The origins of antisemitism from antique until early medieval times
  Landesmann, Tu 11:15-12:45 (12×)
• 060121 VO 2 ECTS Conflicts, pieces of wisdom and pernicketiness in Judaism
  Eisenberg, We 09:30-11:00 (13×)
• 090212 VO 3 ECTS The religion of the Etruscans
  Amann, Th 10:00-12:00 (15×)
• 130175 VO 4 ECTS Literary Texts on Slavic and Baltic Heathenism - The Bride in the Backyard - Die grüne Wiese
  Katicic, Tu 17:00-19:00 (13×)
• 140042 UE 4 ECTS Islam in Media
  Hafez, Th 18:30-20:00 (16×)
• 140128 VO 5 ECTS Hinduism - One Religion or Many?
  Preisendanz, Th 14:15-15:15 (15×), Tu 10:30-11:30 (13×)
• 140295 VO 4 ECTS Introduction into Modern Discussions in Islam
  Ben-Abdeljelil, We 14:00-16:00 (15×)
• 150063 VO 2 ECTS Religion in Japan
  Scheid
• 180190 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
  Gabriel, Mo 16:30-18:00 (12×)
• 240071 VO 5 ECTS [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun
  Davis-Sulikowski, We 14:00-16:00 (15×)

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

• 010036 SE 5 ECTS Medical Ethics in Religions
  Beck, We 13:15-16:15 (6×)
• 010043 VO 3 ECTS Ritualtheorien
  Hödl, Th 16:15-17:45 (14×)
• 020115 SE 4 ECTS Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
  Reiss

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

M18: Advanced History of Religion

• 010021 SE 6 ECTS Conciliarism and Church Reform in the Later Middle Ages
  Prügl, We 16:00-17:30 (14×), Th 29.01. 16:00-17:30
• 060060 SE 5 ECTS Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
  Stemberger, Tu 14:45-16:15 (12×)
• 060066 SE 5 ECTS Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
  Davidowicz, Mo 14:45-16:15 (12×)
• 060074 SE 5 ECTS Women in Antique Judaism
  Lange, We 11:15-12:45 (15×)
• 140251 SE 8 ECTS Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
  Mühlböck, We 18:00-20:00 (9×), Mo 17:00-19:00 (6×)
• 140308 SE 8 ECTS History of Ideas in Islam
  Lohlker, Th 14:00-16:00 (15×)

M19: Advanced Methodology

• 010044 SE 6 ECTS Basics and methods of Church History - an introduction - Die Leisten zum Schustern - Einführung in Grundlagen und Techniken kirchenhistorischen Arbeitens.
  Klieber, We 17:30-20:00 (15×)

M20: Advanced Systematics

• 010036 SE 5 ECTS Medical Ethics in Religions
  Beck, We 13:15-16:15 (6×)
• 020115 SE 4 ECTS Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
  Reiss

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010066 SE 6 ECTS Subjective Theories of Religious Education
  Lehner-Hartmann, Th 14:30-16:00 (4×), Th 13:00-16:00 (4×), Th 30.10. 11:30-16:00
• 010149 SE 6 ECTS Religion in the Context of Migration
  Polak, Mo 17:00-19:30 (8×)
• 020114 SE 4 ECTS Salam and Jihad - Historical and Contemporary Concepts of Peace and Violence in Islam
  Reiss
• 020118 SE 6 ECTS Advances Seminar on Texts and Monuments of late Antiquity
  Wischmeyer
• 020119 SE 6 ECTS Icon and Cult Image in Christianity
  Leeb, Mo 17:00-19:00 (13×)
• 020124 SE 5 ECTS The Act on Protestant Churches 1961, in the Context of Debates on State-Church Relations
  Schwarz
• 030052 SE 4 ECTS Law of Christian East - Legal History in Art
  Potz
• 140127 SE 8 ECTS Islamic Law
  Lohlker, Th 16:00-18:00 (15×)
• 140152 SE 10 ECTS Universals in Buddhist Philosophy
  Krasser, Th 17:00-18:30 (15×)

M22: Advanced Reading