C. Individual Degree Programme in Science of Religion

1. Introduction to Science of Religion

1.1. Introduction to History of Religion

• 010080 VO Introduction to the general History of Religions

1.2. Introduction to Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

• 020112 VO Introduction to Scientific Study of Religions - (Schwerpunkt systematisch-vergleichende Religionswissenschaft)

1.3. Proseminar: Basics of Science of Religion

• 010037 VU Basic Principles of and Approaches to the Study of Religions

1.4. Study of Theological Sources

• 010061 VO General Introduction to the Old Testament
• 010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 010001 VO Introduction to the New Testament
• 010139 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 010305 VO Patrology I - Early Christian Literature
• 020073 VO New Testament Exegesis - Exegesis of the Acts of the Apostles
• 060097 VO [ en ] Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls

1.5. Reading Theological Texts

• 010010 SE Seminar: Apocryphal Gospels
• 010077 SE Selected Texts of the Philokalia
• 020062 UE Old Testament exegetical Exercises
• 020075 VU Old Testament Exegesis - Exegesis of selected Psalms
• 140129 PS The Goddess Kali in Sanskrit Literature seen from the angle of the History of Religion - unter religionsgeschichtlichem Aspekt
• 140130 PS Readings in the Dharmasutras
• 140131 UE God Indra's Panic and Blood-Guilt - The Vrtra Fight and the Murder of Vishvarupa in Vedic Literature
• 140142 UE Reading Tibetan Texts I: Atisha's Lam sgron
• 140144 UE Reading Buddhist Texts II: Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha
• 140145 UE Reading Buddhist Texts IV: Emptiness and the Bodhisattva in the Prajnaparamita Literature
• 140148 UE Ritual Texts of Tibetan Folk Religion

1.6. Methodology, 2nd Stage of the Degree Programme

• 010008 SE Theories of Gender and Church History
• 010044 SE Basics and methods of Church History - an introduction - Die Leisten zum Schustern - Einführung in Grundlagen und Techniken kirchenhistorischen Arbeitens.
• 010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 010093 SE Biblical Archeology - Israel and Juda during the Iron Age
• 010139 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 140043 VO Islamic Gender Studies (Women in Arab Society and Culture 1)
• 150002 UE Methods in Korean Studies I with an Emphasis on the Sociology of Religion
• 240112 VO+KO Einführung in Theorien und Methoden der Gender Studies
• 240121 VO Einführung in Theorien und Methoden der Genderforschung in den Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften
• 190200 SE Qualitative methods in the social research - Biographic case analyses

2. History of Religion

2.1. Contemporary Religions

• 010014 VO Church History Compact I - A Survey of the History of the first Christian Millenium
• 010082 VO Introduction to the History of Religions: main topic Islam
• 020113 VO Compulsory Optional Subject: Introduction to Islam (Part 2)
• 010087 VO Hindu-Religions: An Introduction
• 060064 VO Introduction to Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
• 140128 VO Hinduism - One Religion or Many?
• 150063 VO Religion in Japan
• 180190 VO Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
• 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun

2.2. Special Courses in History of Religion

• 060060 SE Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
• 060063 VO The position of women in orthodox Judaism through the ages
• 060066 SE Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
• 060068 VO Eva Frank, the female Messiah - History of the heretic Kabbalah
• 060073 VO The origins of antisemitism from antique until early medieval times
• 060074 SE Women in Antique Judaism
• 060093 VO+UE 'Collectors' and Rebels: The Haskalah in Central Europe
• 060094 VO+UE Buber, Fromm, Heschel - prophets of the jewish "counter-culture"
• 060121 VO Conflicts, pieces of wisdom and pernicketiness in Judaism
• 140042 UE Islam in Media
• 140119 UE Hinduism in the Diaspora
• 140147 VO The Deities of Tibetan Folk Religion
• 140251 SE Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
• 140295 VO Introduction into Modern Discussions in Islam
• 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam

2.3. Historical Religions

• 060053 UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt I
• 090212 VO The religion of the Etruscans
• 130175 VO Literary Texts on Slavic and Baltic Heathenism - The Bride in the Backyard - Die grüne Wiese

3. Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

• 010036 SE Medical Ethics in Religions
• 010043 VO Ritualtheorien
• 020115 SE Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam

4. Sub- and Bridge Disciplines

4.1. Science of Mission and Theology of Religion

4.2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 020114 SE Salam and Jihad - Historical and Contemporary Concepts of Peace and Violence in Islam
• 140072 KU Religions and Politics in Nigeria in the 20th Century
• 140183 VO Political History of the Arab World (History of the Arabs in Classical Times 1)
• 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun

4.3. Didactics of Religions

• 010066 SE Subjective Theories of Religious Education
• 010149 SE Religion in the Context of Migration
• 020109 UE Compulsory Optional Subject: Bible stories in Religious Education - Methods and options

4.4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010049 VO Debates of Religion in Contemporary Art
• 020118 SE Advances Seminar on Texts and Monuments of late Antiquity
• 020119 SE Icon and Cult Image in Christianity
• 080062 UE Aniconism and Iconoclasm in monotheistic religions
• 140157 PS [ en ] Origin and Development of Buddhist Iconography: Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Disciples and Followers

4.5. Ethnology of Religion

• 240053 VS Migration and Religion
• 240055 VS Contested sacred grounds - the perspectives of Anthropology of law and religion
• 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun

4.6. Philosophy of Religion

• 140152 SE Universals in Buddhist Philosophy
• 180190 VO Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
• 180256 VO The Conception of God
• 180257 SE The question on god
• 180305 VO Zen and Philosophy - Philosophical Anthropology
• 180373 SE Darwin and the "new" atheism
• 180415 SE Thinking heretically with Meister Eckhart

4.7. Psychology of Religion

• 020091 VO Religion as Experience: Introduction to the Psychology of Religion

4.8. Law of Religions

• 010050 VO The relationship between Church and State
• 020124 SE The Act on Protestant Churches 1961, in the Context of Debates on State-Church Relations
• 030052 SE Law of Christian East - Legal History in Art
• 030136 KU Der Koran als prophetische Auslegung der Welt
• 030165 VO Global ethic and law - Lecture series in cooperation with "Austrian Global Ethic Initiative"
• 030359 KU Famous church processes in the Middle Ages - vertiefende Lehrveranstaltung gem. § 21 (3) Stp
• 030392 VO Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria
• 140127 SE Islamic Law

4.9. Sociology of Religion

• 150002 UE Methods in Korean Studies I with an Emphasis on the Sociology of Religion
• 010150 SE Religion and Ethics in modern society: An Introduction

5. Practical Training, Excursions

• 020068 EX Excursion - The World of the Bible in Europe's Museums 1: Berlin