B. Master Degree Programme in Study of Religions

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060007 VO Jewish Mysticism and Magic, an Introduction
• 060009 VO History of the Jews in the USA
• 060014 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Antique Period 2
• 060023 VO The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Antiquity

2. Christianity

• 010028 VO Church History - Part II: The Church in the Early and High Middle Ages
• 010073 VO Ecumenical Theology from the orthodox point of view
• 010124 VO [ en ] Religion in the United States of America
• 010223 VO Church History Compact II - The Second Christian Millennium - Von den Kreuzzügen zu Dialogtreffen der Religionen
• 020031 VO Middle Ages
• 020033 VO-L History of Christianity in the 19th and 20th Century
• 020034 VO Geschichte des Protestantismus in Österreich
• 020035 VO History of the Bible as a Book
• 020041 VO Ecumenical Introduction to Christian Churches

3. Islam

• 140024 VO Religions and Institutions in the Near East
• 140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)
• 140127 VO Islam in Asia outside the Arab World

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140020 VO [ en ] Religion and Politics among Uygurs and Tibetans During the Yuan Period
• 140100 VO [ en ] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010141 VO Introduction to East-Asian Religions
• 150087 VO Religions in Japan

6. Historical Religions

• 060005 VO+UE Ägypten im Rahmen der Philosophie-Geistesgeschichte
• 090028 VO Cult and Sanctuaries in the Ancient Landscapes Aetolia and Acarnania
• 090030 VO Archaeological Evidence of Roman Religion II: Images

7. Others

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060024 UE The Hebrew Bible, Ancient Judaism and the Kunsthistorisches Museum
• 060065 SE Rabbinic texts and history - Zur Problematik der Verwertung rabbinischer Belege für eine spätantike Geschichtsschreibung
• 060066 VO+UE Rabbinic story-telling - Rachel, Berurja, Akiva, Eliezer, Elischa ben Abuja u.a.
• 060071 VO+UE Kabbalistic Texts

2. Christianity

• 010075 DS Christianity and Islam in Egypt. From the Origins to the Present
• 020038 PS Church History Proseminar - Reformbewegungen und Reformation - von Wyclif bis Calvin
• 020039 UE Exercise in Church History (relating to a Lecture)
• 020052 SE Specialisation-Seminar Church History: Zwingli

3. Islam

• 010075 DS Christianity and Islam in Egypt. From the Origins to the Present
• 020054 SE The Imam - A Changing Islamic Job Profile
• 140037 PS Introductory Seminar 2b: Islamic Studies
• 140078 SE Seminar on Modern Islam
• 140101 UE [ en ] Cultural History of Muslims in India

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140091 BA Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Basics
• 140120 KO [ en ] Colloquium in Buddhist Studies
• 140141 BA Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Readings of Selected Passages
• 140175 SE To Teach a Monk to Be Aware of Women - The Fourth Chapter of the Second 'Member' of the Jaina Canon
• 140343 SE Ritual and Politics in Nepal
• 140483 PS [ en ] Concepts of the Human Being in Early Ayurveda - Birth, Identity and Liberation
• 140540 SE Paralokasiddhi - The Proof of a Further Existence according to the Carakasamhita and the Epistemology of Early Ayurveda
• 140542 KO Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature II
• 140543 UE Yoga and Asceticism in Classical Kavya Literature

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

• 140182 KU Politics and Religion in Southern Africa

M03: Comparative Systematic Study of Religions

• 010067 VO Mythos als Grundkategorie der Religionswissenschaft

M04: Applied Systematics

M05: Religion and Society

• 010003 SE Sociology of religion: Introduction, questions and classics

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 010068 SE Methoden (Religionspsychologie): Transpersonale Psychologie
• 010132 SE [ en ] The role of religion in the acculturation of migrants: Psychological perspectives.

M07: Additional Subject Areas

• 140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

• 010119 VO Being church in mission. An introduction to the theology of mission

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 010124 VO [ en ] Religion in the United States of America
• 140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

3. Didactics of Religions

• 010107 BA Seminar FK3/D31/BAM

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 140147 VO Aesthetics and Religion - An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective on Arts and Poetics in East and West

5. Anthropology of Religion

• 240159 VO Material culture in spiritual context (3.3.6)

6. Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010061 VK Basic Questions of Canon Law 1: Theologic Foundation of Canon Law
• 010063 VK Basic Questions of Canon Law 2 - Sources of Canon Law and General Norms
• 030416 VO Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts

• 010018 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 010115 BA Women in the passion gospels and easter gospels (canonical and apocryphal)
• 020013 UE Exercises in Exegesis: Psalms
• 020014 PS Biblical Proseminar II
• 020015 SE Sexual Violence in the Old Testament
• 060066 VO+UE Rabbinic story-telling - Rachel, Berurja, Akiva, Eliezer, Elischa ben Abuja u.a.
• 060070 VO+UE [ de he ] Readings in Biblical Hebrew
• 060071 VO+UE Kabbalistic Texts
• 140091 BA Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Basics
• 140141 BA Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Readings of Selected Passages
• 140175 SE To Teach a Monk to Be Aware of Women - The Fourth Chapter of the Second 'Member' of the Jaina Canon
• 140504 KO On Autographs and Ur-Texts - A Foray into Buddhist Literature II

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010155 SE Violence in Comparative Religion

M10: Science of Religion in Practice

• 010030 EX Archaeology in the Land of Moab - Excavation and Survey in the Wadi ath -Thamad Project
• 010035 SE Church - neighbour Baltics - Traces of its ecclesiastical past and pastoral present
• 010037 EX Church - neighbour Baltics - Traces of its ecclesiastical past and pastoral present (guided excursion)
• 010075 DS Christianity and Islam in Egypt. From the Origins to the Present
• 010078 EX Excursion to Coptic Egypt
• 010137 EX Excursion Togo and Benin
• 020054 SE The Imam - A Changing Islamic Job Profile
• 080010 SE Culture and Society: Faith and politics Cults of saints in today's Vienna
• 080021 UE+EX B220 EX + UE Fields of Research: Mariazell: history and present time of a pilgrimage (hiking trip)
• 140129 SE+EX Excursion or Workshop - 1. Die Safaviden: Gesellschaft, Religion und Herrschaft in Iran vom 13.-18. Jahrhundert; 2. Sufismus im nachmongolischen Iran

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

• 010028 VO Church History - Part II: The Church in the Early and High Middle Ages
• 010075 DS Christianity and Islam in Egypt. From the Origins to the Present
• 030344 SE Islam and Human Rights - for diploma and doctoral students
• 140127 VO Islam in Asia outside the Arab World

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

• 010118 DS Contemporary challenges of pastoral care in a theological context

M18: Advanced History of Religion

M19: Advanced Methodology

• 010118 DS Contemporary challenges of pastoral care in a theological context

M20: Advanced Systematics

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010076 FS Time and God. Plotin, Heidegger
• 010106 DS Movimenti nella Chiesa, communita spirituali e istituti religiosi
• 010126 SE Islamic Theology
• 020006 SE The Philosophy of F.W.J. Schelling - Spinoza
• 020027 SE Church Law Seminar - Kirchenrecht zwischen Theologie und Jurisprudenz. Ein interdisziplinärer Diskurs
• 030090 SE The presence of Religion in public space - für diploma and doctoral students
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - Freedom of Religion in Middle East (for diploma and doctoral students)
• 030344 SE Islam and Human Rights - for diploma and doctoral students
• 030357 SE European Law and Jewish Issues - the Jews as minoritiy in European Legal history - for diploma and doctoral students
• 030358 SE Legal development of the marriage law since Joseph II - for graduate and undergraduate students
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law: Revolutions and Woman´s Rights - for undergraduate and graduate students
• 030442 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
• 030589 KU The Right to Freedom between Tradition and Modernity as explained in Jewish Sources
• 140182 KU Politics and Religion in Southern Africa
• 140343 SE Ritual and Politics in Nepal
• 300073 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology

M22: Advanced Reading