1.07. Master Degree Programme in Study of Religions

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 010216 VO History of Israel in Old Testament times
• 060002 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 1
• 060007 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction in Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
• 060013 VO Introduction to Kabbala and Jewish Magic
• 060024 VO The Jewish Wars - The Jewish Rebellions against the Roman Empire

2. Christianity

• 010006 VO Basic Course Church History I - The first christian millenium
• 010013 VO Church History - Part I - The Origins of the Church and its Growth in Antiquity
• 010027 VO Basic Course Patrology

3. Islam

• 140011 VO Introduction into Modern Islamic Religious Discussions
• 140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140194 VO [ en ] Negation in the Philosophical Theories and Spiritual Methods of Buddhism
• 140263 VO Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

5. East-Asian Religions

• 150014 VO Religion in Japan

6. Historical Religions

• 010216 VO History of Israel in Old Testament times
• 060053 VO ( STEOP ) Religion of Ancient Egypt I
• 140060 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: Topgraphy and Archaeology of Ancient Sudan

7. Others

• 010063 VO Alternative Forms of Religion from the 19th Century to the Present
• 010324 VO African Religions
• 140219 VO Christianisation and Colonial Transformation in 19th- Century African Societies

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060003 SE Moses in rabbinic tradition
• 060009 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Die Midraschim; Mischna und Talmud: Eine Einführung in die Literatur mit Textbeispielen (in Übersetzungen).
• 060031 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Antique Period 2
• 490117 SE M6: Interreligious and Intercultural Learning - Einführung in die jüdische Theologie

2. Christianity

• 010059 FS The Development of Papal Primacy
• 020036 SE Church History Seminar - The Cemetery
• 020038 SE Church History Seminar - The Confessions of Augustine
• 020039 SE Advanced Seminar Church History - New Perspectives in Patristics

3. Islam

• 020004 SE Oman- Religious Tolerance, Cultural Diversity and Economic Prosperity in the Golf Region - Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions
• 070266 SE Seminar (PM4) - Europe and the Islamic World in the first Millennium
• 140013 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam
• 140015 SE Islam in Europe
• 140042 UE Media Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140153 PS Introduction to the Terminology of the Epistemological Tradition of Buddhism - (Sanskrit and Tibetan)
• 140176 UE Readings in Ritual Prescriptions: The Sandhya-Ritual
• 140345 PS The Old Indian Drama as a Synthesis of the Arts - Fundamental Notions from Bharata's Natyasastra
• 140371 UE The Doctrine of God in Classical Yoga

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 090049 SE Temples and Sanctuaries in Roman North Africa
• 090053 SE Images of Sacrifice in Antiquity and Early Christianity

7. Others

• 490112 SE M2: Everyday Life in Islam

M03: Comparative Systematic Study of Religions

• 010004 VO Religion, Transformation and Gender/Sex
• 010087 VO Dying, Death and Mourning in Religions

M04: Applied Systematics

• 010107 SE Otherworld Journeys
• 020005 SE [ en ] Religious Diversity as a new challenge for state, institutions, religious communities - and academic research in Europe - Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions

M05: Religion and Society

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 010055 VO Psychology of Religion

M07: Additional Subject Areas

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

5. Anthropology of Religion

• 010324 VO African Religions

6. Philosophy of Religion

• 140194 VO [ en ] Negation in the Philosophical Theories and Spiritual Methods of Buddhism

7. Law of Religions

• 010019 VO Basic Course Canon Law I

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts

• 010018 PS Exegetical methods
• 010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin II
• 060082 UE Hieroglyphic Texts I
• 140153 PS Introduction to the Terminology of the Epistemological Tradition of Buddhism - (Sanskrit and Tibetan)
• 140176 UE Readings in Ritual Prescriptions: The Sandhya-Ritual
• 140185 SE Shamanistic Speech in the Himalaya

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010100 SE Modern Yoga Research - The Historical Development and Typology of Modern Forms of Yoga

M10: Applied Study of Religions

• 010100 SE Modern Yoga Research - The Historical Development and Typology of Modern Forms of Yoga
• 010107 SE Otherworld Journeys
• 020003 EX [ en ] Excursion - Excursion to the Sulatanat of Oman
• 140211 EX The Tibetan New Year Festival in Kathmandu
• 010073 SE Current Challenges in the interreligious Dialogue: Jews Christians Muslims

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

• 010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin II

M13: Advanced Source Language

• 010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin II

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

• 490112 SE M2: Everyday Life in Islam

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

• 020023 SE Seminar: Ethics - Medizin, Ethik und Religion in Christentum und Islam

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

• 010100 SE Modern Yoga Research - The Historical Development and Typology of Modern Forms of Yoga
• 080024 PS B310 Ethnographic Research

M18: Advanced History of Religion

• 490112 SE M2: Everyday Life in Islam

M19: Advanced Methodology

M20: Advanced Systematics

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010035 VU Theory of Religious Education - General subject didactics
• 010051 FS Giorgio Agamben. Homo sacer
• 010072 FS Religious Diversity in Europe - Challenges for canon and ecclesiastical law
• 030072 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Austria
• 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)
• 030263 KU [ de en ] From the protection of persecuted co-religionist to the protection of universal human rights - Theory and practice of humanitarian interventions in historcial perspective
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law: Human Rights - Women´s Rights - Islam and Women's Rights (for undergraduate and graduate students)
• 090049 SE Temples and Sanctuaries in Roman North Africa
• 090053 SE Images of Sacrifice in Antiquity and Early Christianity
• 090054 PS Trees in Early Christian and Islamic Art

M22: Advanced Reading