Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion (9 ECTS)

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

• 010027 VO Basic Course Patrology
• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches
• 020005 VO-L Theology of Early Christianity

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010091 VO Introducing East Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 010050 VO [ en ] Religions of Greek and Roman Antiquity

7. Others

• 010055 VO Alternative Forms of Religion II: From the Mid-19th Century to the Present

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion (9 ECTS)

• 020015 SE Egyptian christianity in times of social and political transformation - Seminar on the History of Religion

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

3. Islam

• 030194 KU Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010058 VU [ en ] Introducing East Asian New Religious Movements

6. Historical Religions

• 010115 VU The Theosophical Society

7. Others

• 010116 VU [ en ] Introduction to Mesoamerican Religions

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

• 010087 VO Religions and Gender
• 010098 VO [ en ] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

• 010100 SE Ideas of Reincarnation: Past and Present

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

• 010107 SE Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
• 020022 SE ( KPH Krems ) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion - Im Rahmen einer Wissenssoziologie

M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010088 VO Introduction to the Psychology of Religion

M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010094 VO [ en ] Introducing East Asian Religious Arts
• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010025 VO Basic Course Canon Law I
• 010105 VO Austrian and European Law on Religion - Introductory Course

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

• 010018 PS Exegetical Methods
• 010090 SE The Book of Mormon
• 010092 SE Key Works in the Sociology of Religion

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

• 010103 SE Contemporary Issues in the Study of Esotericism

M10: Applied Religious Studies (7 ECTS)

• 010097 EX Buddhism in Vienna
• 010104 SE Religion in Focus: Eckankar