Elective Modules (20 ECTS)

M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)

M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)

M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)

• 360007 PR [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Research Seminar

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010009 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introducing East Asian Religions
• 010038 VO Structure and current development of the Orthodox Churches
• 010044 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Religions of Greek and Roman Antiquity
• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus: The Orthodox Church
• 010080 SE ( ON-SITE ) Religion in Focus: Dance and Religion (Authentic Movement)
• 010081 VU ( ON-SITE ) The Religions of the Germanic Peoples and the Celts
• 010094 SE ( ON-SITE ) Islam and Yoga
• 010101 VU ( ON-SITE ) New Religions
• 010114 VO ( ON-SITE ) Alternative Religious Currents: A Global Perspective
• 010117 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Maya Religion - From the Past to the Present
• 020031 SE ( ON-SITE ) Oriental Christianity in History and Presence - Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions
• 060017 VO ( OV STEOP ) Introduction to Jewish Cultural History
• 060025 VO History of Rabbinical Literature and Culture
• 142072 PS ( ON-SITE ) Islam in India

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010087 VO ( MIXED ) Afterlife: Religious Traditions and Modernity
• 010091 VO ( ON-SITE ) Symbol, Sign, Ritual: Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion
• 010092 SE ( ON-SITE ) New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research (10 ECTS)

• 010086 SE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Social Scientific Research on Religion
• 020032 SE ( KPH Krems ON-SITE ) Seminar on Sociology and/or Ethnology of Religion - Religion und Identitäten

M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010020 SE Witchcraft and Demonology in the late medieval and early modern periods
• 010080 SE ( ON-SITE ) Religion in Focus: Dance and Religion (Authentic Movement)
• 010081 VU ( ON-SITE ) The Religions of the Germanic Peoples and the Celts
• 010094 SE ( ON-SITE ) Islam and Yoga
• 010101 VU ( ON-SITE ) New Religions
• 010112 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces
• 010117 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Maya Religion - From the Past to the Present
• 020031 SE ( ON-SITE ) Oriental Christianity in History and Presence - Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions
• 142072 PS ( ON-SITE ) Islam in India
• 142083 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Kolkata (Calcutta): Ecological, Historical, Political, Social and Cultural Approaches

M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010092 SE ( ON-SITE ) New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture

M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)

• 010040 VU Theory of Religious Education
• 010072 SE Liturgical Rites Surrounding Illness and Death
• 010086 SE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Social Scientific Research on Religion
• 010089 SE Churches in Ukraine
• 010097 SE Titel
• 010119 SE Introduction to Peace Ethics
• 020028 SE ( ON-SITE ) Analysis of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue Projects - Seminar zu einem Thema der anwendungsorientierten Religionswissenschaft
• 020032 SE ( KPH Krems ON-SITE ) Seminar on Sociology and/or Ethnology of Religion - Religion und Identitäten
• 030006 SE ( REMOTE ) Law of the Christian East - The Orthodox Churches in postcommunist Europe
• 030072 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Austria
• 090096 PS [ en ] The apocalyptic tradition in Byzantium: Texts and themes in Eastern Christianity, 300-1600
• 143144 SE [ de en ] ( ON-SITE ) Aspirations to Social Advancement and Religious Reform through Christianity and Islam - Case Studies from the African Continent

M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)

• 010084 SE ( ON-SITE ) Key Works in the Social Scientific Research on Religion
• 010100 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) What is Religion?