1.07. Master Degree Programme in Study of Religions

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060033 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Antique Period 1

2. Christianity

• 010006 VO Church History Compact I - The first christian millenium
• 010065 VO Introduction to the Oriental-Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches
• 010223 VO Church History Compact II
• 010325 VO Church History IV - 19th - 20th Centuries
• 020037 VO-L Early Christianity: Theology and History

3. Islam

• 030304 KU Islamic Business Law
• 140005 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Arab-Islamic Near East
• 140012 VO Religions and Institutions in the Near East
• 140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)
• 140127 VO Islam in Asia outside the Arab World

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140118 VO Tibetan Interpretations of Buddha-nature - A Comparative Approach
• 140121 VO [ en ] Selected episodes from the Buddha legend

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 090074 VO Ancient History of Religion

7. Others

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060004 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2
• 060017 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Die Midraschim; Mischna und Talmud: Eine Einführung in die Literatur mit Textbeispielen (in Übersetzungen).
• 010044 SE Christian and Jewish environments in the Alpine-Danube-Region - From the beginnings till the end of the Roman Empire

2. Christianity

• 010040 FS The Bishop in the Eastern and Western Churches. History and theology of the episcopal office
• 010044 SE Christian and Jewish environments in the Alpine-Danube-Region - From the beginnings till the end of the Roman Empire

3. Islam

• 010112 SE [ en ] Visual Representation in Islam
• 020046 SE Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions - The Situation of Christians in the Middle East
• 140197 SE Seminar on Classical Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140137 PS Introduction to Religious Symbolism. - An attempt at an interpretation on the basis of the polyvalent Lotos
• 140146 UE Ritual Theory and Rituals in India and Nepal
• 140165 PS Proseminar on selected research fields of Tibetan and Buddhist studies
• 140170 PS Traditions of Pilgrimage in South Asia

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 060042 VU Special Topic Egyptian Religion
• 090129 SE Holy mountains in Antiquity and Christianity

7. Others

M03: Comparative Systematic Study of Religions

• 010096 VO Sacrificial Rites in Religions: Ritual Practice, Ritual Theory

M04: Applied Systematics

• 010107 SE The Study of Mysticism

M05: Religion and Society

• 010111 SE Sociology of religion: Introduction, questions and classics

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 010116 SE [ en ] Psychology of Religion: Freud vs. Jung

M07: Additional Subject Areas

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

• 010099 VO Christian Faith and the Dynamics of Mission. An Introduction to aspects of Missiology

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

• 010061 VO Philosophical Theology

7. Law of Religions

• 010046 VK Basic Questions of Canon Law
• 030023 VO Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich
• 030304 KU Islamic Business Law

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts

• 010018 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 010032 UE Reading Course on Theological Key Terms of the Patristic Theology

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010100 SE Methods of qualitative research on religions - Motives to participate in interreligious dialogues in Vienna
• 010109 SE Introduction to theological Women´s, Men´s and Gender Studies
• 010112 SE [ en ] Visual Representation in Islam
• 010155 SE Religions - Body - Gender
• 370006 SE Research Seminar Religious Education

M10: Science of Religion in Practice

• 010037 EX Archaeology in the Land of Moab - Excavation and Survey in the Wadi ath -Thamad Project
• 010098 SE Religion in the Media - Media Religion
• 010100 SE Methods of qualitative research on religions - Motives to participate in interreligious dialogues in Vienna

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

• 010100 SE Methods of qualitative research on religions - Motives to participate in interreligious dialogues in Vienna

M18: Advanced History of Religion

M19: Advanced Methodology

M20: Advanced Systematics

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010109 SE Introduction to theological Women´s, Men´s and Gender Studies
• 010112 SE [ en ] Visual Representation in Islam
• 030035 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
• 030090 SE Religion and Penal Law - for diploma and doctoral students
• 030112 SE Living together of Christians and Muslims in Past and Present - Political reorganisation of Europe, Diaspora, Human Rights-Orthodoxy in face of the Challanges of Modernity (for diploma and doctoral students)
• 030139 SE Intercultural Conflict Resolution: Focus "Religion" - for graduate and andergraduate students
• 030263 KU [ de en ] From the protection of persecuted co-religionist to the protection of universal human rights - Theory and practice of humanitarian intervention in historcial perspective
• 030357 SE A beautiful corpse: Comparative funeral law in past and present - for diploma and doctoral students
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law: Human Rights - Women´s Rights - "Violence against Women as an Intercultural Issue" (for undergraduate and graduate students)
• 140137 PS Introduction to Religious Symbolism. - An attempt at an interpretation on the basis of the polyvalent Lotos
• 300229 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology

M22: Advanced Reading