C. Individual Degree Programme in Science of Religion

1. Introduction to Science of Religion

1.1. Introduction to History of Religion

• 010082 VO Introduction to the History of Religions

1.2. Introduction to Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

1.3. Proseminar: Basics of Science of Religion

• 010005 VU Basic Principles of and Approaches to the Study of Religions

1.4. Study of Written Sources

• 010001 VO Introduction to the New Testament
• 010020 VO Exegesis of the New Testament: Book of Revelation
• 010061 VO General Introduction to the Old Testament
• 010078 VO Fundamental Exegesis of the Old Testament 1
• 010096 VO Exegesis of the Old Testament - Kohelet
• 010305 VO Patrology I - Early Christian Literature
• 020015 VO-L The Letter of James
• 020018 VO Galatians

1.5. Reading Theological Texts

• 010011 BA "Why do you seek the living One among the dead?" - Easter Narratives in Canonical and Apokryphal Gospels
• 010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 010139 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 020010 PS Old Testament Proseminar
• 020017 SE Jesus and his disciples in the New Testament
• 020023 UE New Testament and the Scriptures
• 060006 SE Medieval Jewish Texts
• 060043 UE Religious Texts
• 060082 UE Hieroglyphic Texts I
• 060092 UE Hieratic I
• 060099 SE The Hebrew Book of Jeremiah
• 060134 SE The book of Jeremiah in Light of Ancient Jewish and Rabbinic Literature
• 140296 UE Buddhist Stories in Hybrid Sanskrit
• 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam - (Seminar on Classical Islam)

1.6. Methodology, 2nd Stage of the Degree Programme

• 010074 FS Doing Research in Study of Religions - Current methods and their application in research projects
• 010134 FS Research Seminar: Principles of Religious Science
• 010137 SE Basic Questions of Esoteric Research
• 020021 VO+UE Introduction to methodes of archaeological field research
• 020051 SE Interreligious Questions in the Jail
• 190087 SE Introduction to empirical studies in context of religion and education

2. History of Religion

2.1. Contemporary Religions

• 020047 VO Introduction to Judaism
• 010082 VO Introduction to the History of Religions
• 150082 VO+UE Millenarism and New Religions in East Asia
• 010307 VO Study of the Oriental-Orthodox Churches
• 010014 VO Church History Compact I - The First Christian Millenium - Von der jüdischen Erneuerungsbewegung zu Universalansprüchen römischer Päpste
• 060004 VO Introduction in Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
• 180303 VO-L Introduction to Chinese Thought 3 - Intrduction to Chineses Thought 3

2.2. Special Courses in History of Religion

2.2.1. Judentum

• 020022 VO Ancient Irael and Ancient Egypt 1
• 060005 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 1
• 060061 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 1
• 060063 VO+UE Becoming a Jew, Being a Jew? Conversion and Identity in the Rabbinic Era
• 060074 VO+UE Prophecy in 20th century Jewish thought
• 060079 VO Jews under Islam - Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Israel until 1945

2.2.2 Christentum

• 010007 VO Mönchtum - Orden - Kloster I - Historische Konkretionen des regulierten Lebens in der Nachfolge Christi
• 010067 BA Monasticism in the Eastern Churches
• 010091 VO Saints of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
• 020024 PS Introduction to Church History
• 020025 SE The letters of Ignatius of Antioch
• 020026 VO-L Late medieval time and early reformation
• 020027 VO-L Christian architecture in Syria and liturgy
• 090098 PS Die Orthodoxe Kirche im Osmanischen Reich
• 020042 VO Roman Empire and the Early Church

2.2.3. Islam

• 140006 VO+UE Islam Online
• 140011 VO Introduction into Modern Islamic Religious Discussions
• 140015 SE Islam in Europe - Der Islam im österreichischen Diskurs
• 140042 UE Media Islam
• 140127 SE Islamic Law
• 140240 UE [ en ] Popular Islam in Contemporary South Asia
• 140295 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam - (Seminar on Modern Islam)
• 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam - (Seminar on Classical Islam)
• 140351 SE Islam in Africa: revolutionary Islamic movements since the 17th century

2.2.4. Religionen indischen Ursprungs

• 080051 SE The Mandala: Theory and Practice in India and Tibet - Exploring the Normative and the Performative
• 140153 SE The Sutra of the Salty River (lan tsha chu ba'i mdo)
• 140194 VO Self in Buddhism
• 140200 SE The Refutation of Buddhist Personalism (Pudgalavada) in the Mahayanasutralamkara
• 140258 SE Dependent Arising and Emptiness in the Madhyantavibhaga
• 140287 SE [ bo en ] Candrakirti's Madhyamakavatara
• 140306 PS The Four Levels of Meditation in Mahayana Buddhism

2.2.5. Ostasiatische Religionen

2.2.6. Sonstige

2.3. Historical Religions

• 010093 VO [ en ] Ancient Mystery Cults
• 060053 VO+UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt
• 060064 SE Function and Meaning of the Synagogue in Antiquity
• 090115 PS Roman Gods and Cults
• 090078 VO Cults and Sanctuaries in Ancient Thessaly
• 090044 PS Introductory Seminar in: Provincial-Roman Archaeology

3. Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

• 010087 VO Religious Theologies
• 020048 SE The Portrayal and Perception of Muhammad in other Religions
• 020051 SE Interreligious Questions in the Jail

4. Sub- and Bridge Disciplines

4.1. Missiology and Theology of Religion

• 010087 VO Religious Theologies

4.2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 140010 VO Political History of the Arab-Islamic Near East(from the beginnings of Islam to the present) - (von den Anfängen des Islam bis in die Gegenwart)

4.3. Didactics of Religions

• 010068 BA Gender roles in Catholic adult education
• 010016 VU Theory of religious education - General subject didactics
• 020050 UE Violence and Nonviolence in Religious Education

4.4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010098 LS Theology and Arts: Life, Surviving and Escaping - An Encounter between Aharon Appelfeld and Philip Roth
• 010065 BA Making Music for Church Services: Sacred Music - Church Music - Liturgical Music
• 010003 VO Theology and Arts- A Disputed and Prolific Relation
• 020027 VO-L Christian architecture in Syria and liturgy
• 020014 EX The world of the Bible in Museums of Europe: Paris
• 060008 SE Jewish themes and figures in European and American popular culture
• 060086 VO+UE Development of synagogal liturgy - texts and music 2
• 140006 VO+UE Islam Online
• 080051 SE The Mandala: Theory and Practice in India and Tibet - Exploring the Normative and the Performative

4.5. Anthropology of Religion

• 240114 VO Anthropology of Religion and Consciousness

4.6. Philosophy of Religion

• 010026 VO Intercultural Philosophy - Philosophie im Kontext der globalen Moderne
• 060069 VO Introduction to Jewish Philosophy
• 060073 VO History of the reception of Maimonides - Von der christlichen Scholastik bis zur Gegenwart
• 140285 UE [ bo en ] The Four Buddhist Philosop. Systems (grub mtha' bzhi) -A: The Vibhasika and Sautrantika Siddhantas - (grub mtha' bzhi)
• 140286 UE [ bo en ] The Four Buddhist Philosophical Systems (grub mtha' bzhi)- B: The Yogacara and Madhyamika Siddhantas - (grub mtha' bzhi)
• 140298 UE [ en ] Introduction to Yoga Philosophy: Patanjali's Yogasutra and the Evolution of Modern Yoga
• 140200 SE The Refutation of Buddhist Personalism (Pudgalavada) in the Mahayanasutralamkara
• 140258 SE Dependent Arising and Emptiness in the Madhyantavibhaga
• 180204 VO Augustinus: de civitate dei
• 180681 SE The Question of God

4.7. Psychology of Religion

• 020041 VO Religion and Psyche: An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion
• 020045 SE Personality Types, Diagnostics and Transference

4.8. Law of Religions

• 010038 VO The Constitution of the Church
• 030060 SE The presents of Religion in public space - (auch für DiplomandInnen und DissertantInnen)
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul: Legal History of a Capital of Culture
• 030392 KU Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law - Womens Rights in Europe
• 020057 VU Rights of Religions and Religious Communities in Europe
• 140127 SE Islamic Law

4.9. Sociology of Religion

5. Practical Training, Excursions

• 020051 SE Interreligious Questions in the Jail
• 010008 SE Spirituality made concret - explorations in the Archdiocese of Vienna
• 010072 EX Excursion - Theologie des Kampfes und befreiende Kirchenpraxis in den Philippinen
• 020014 EX The world of the Bible in Museums of Europe: Paris