Master Religious Studies (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

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

1. Judaism

• 060009 VO Jewish Cultural History in the Middle Ages
• 060010 VO Jewish History from the Modern to the Contemporary Period

2. Christianity

• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus on Oriental Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches
• 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 060066 VO ( REMOTE ) Egyptian Religion
• 090080 VO Antique History of Religion

7. Others

• 010087 VO The Occult Modernity - Alternative Religious Traditions from the Late Enlightenment to the First World War
• 143064 VO Religion and Spirituality in the Western Sahel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

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

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

• 010088 VU [ en ] New Religious Movements
• 010101 VU [ en ] Introducing Siberian Shamanism
• 010109 VU [ en ] The non-Buddhist Religions of Tibet

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

• 010098 VO Ethics of Religion

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion
• 010096 SE [ en ] Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religious Experience
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 020031 UE Basic Questions of Religious Psychology

M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

• 010111 VO Basic Course Sacramental Celebrations

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 010023 VO Special Pastoral Theologies: What Holds Us Together: Values and Formation of Values

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 160076 VO Music and Religion in South Asia

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 020030 VO-L [ en ] ( MIXED ) Introduction to the Law of Religions and Religious Communities in Europe

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

• 010106 SE [ en ] Folkore and Belief

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion

M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010012 EX Diversity in the Western Liturgy - On the Footsteps of the Ambrosian/Milanese Rite, Mozarabic/Old-Spanish Rite and the Diocesan Usage of Braga

Elective Modules (20 ECTS)

M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)

M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)

M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus on Oriental Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches
• 010087 VO The Occult Modernity - Alternative Religious Traditions from the Late Enlightenment to the First World War
• 010088 VU [ en ] New Religious Movements
• 010101 VU [ en ] Introducing Siberian Shamanism
• 010109 VU [ en ] The non-Buddhist Religions of Tibet
• 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II
• 060009 VO Jewish Cultural History in the Middle Ages
• 060010 VO Jewish History from the Modern to the Contemporary Period
• 090080 VO Antique History of Religion
• 143064 VO Religion and Spirituality in the Western Sahel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion
• 010096 SE [ en ] Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religious Experience
• 010098 VO Ethics of Religion
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions
• 010106 SE [ en ] Folkore and Belief
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

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

• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010057 SE Synodality and Conciliarism - Zur Rolle von Synoden und Konzilien als Reforminstrumente in der Neuzeit
• 010088 VU [ en ] New Religious Movements
• 010101 VU [ en ] Introducing Siberian Shamanism
• 010109 VU [ en ] The non-Buddhist Religions of Tibet

M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)

• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)

• 010011 SE Between Uniformity and Diversity - Western Non-Roman Liturgical Traditions of Dioceses and Religious Orders
• 010077 SE Spirituality in times of totalitarism
• 010096 SE [ en ] Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religious Experience
• 010097 SE Current issues of church and religious law
• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions
• 010106 SE [ en ] Folkore and Belief
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion
• 490133 PS ( KPH Krems ) Menschenrechte und (Inter-)Religiöse Bildung

M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)

• 060018 SE Important source-texts of rabbinic literature and hermeneutics