B. Master Degree Programme in Study of Religions

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060008 VO Jewish Magic in Eastern Europe
• 060031 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Antique Period 1
• 060034 VO The Babylonian Exile

2. Christianity

• 010073 VO The Oriental- Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches
• 010223 VO Church History Compact II - Das zweite christliche Jahrtausend: Von den Kreuzzügen zum Dialog der Religionen
• 010325 VO Church History IV - 19th - 20th Centuries
• 010330 VO Church history of Austria
• 020012 VO-L History of the Early Church
• 020039 VO-L History of Chistianity in the 19th and 20th century
• 090009 VO Byzantine History from the End of Iconoclasm to the 15th Century

3. Islam

• 140004 VO Lecture on Ottoman History and Cultural History
• 140005 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Arab-Islamic Near East
• 140024 VO Religions and Institutions in the Near East
• 140127 VO Islam in Asia outside the Arab World

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140122 VO Ethnography of Popular Religions in South Asia
• 140147 VO The Murukan Phenomenon in South India
• 140149 VO [ en ] Tibetan Buddhism at the Periphery in the 20th Century

5. East-Asian Religions

• 140100 VO Developments of Buddhism in China

6. Historical Religions

• 060009 VO Comparative Studies in Ancient Egyptian and pre-Socratic Thought
• 090065 VO Lecture in Roman History

7. Others

• 010063 VO Lecture on Key Issues in History of Religion
• 240194 VO Politics, Religion and the Military - African Case-Studies (P3)

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060024 SE Abraham: Father of nations or spirit of discord? - Summer-University in the Augustine-monastery of Vorau (Styria), 07.-13.07.2013
• 060029 SE History, culture and religion of the Jews in Germany, from the Roman period up to today - Sommeruniversität Hohenems 21.-26.07.2013

2. Christianity

• 020041 SE Pietism
• 090010 VO+UE Introduction to Byzantine Studies

3. Islam

• 140062 SE Seminar on Classical Islam
• 140144 PS Characteristics of Indian Islam and its Cultural History

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140022 BA Karma and Rebirth in Indian Thought from a Philological and Historical Perspective
• 140091 BA Karma and Rebirth in Indian Thought from the Perspective of Religious Studies and Philosophy
• 140096 PS Dalit Movements
• 140101 UE Hindu Answers to Ethical Challenges of Our Times
• 140527 PS Transfer of Tantric Buddhism from Central Asia to Beijing
• 140543 UE The Significance of the Body in the Ascetic Traditions of India

5. East-Asian Religions

• 150076 VU [ en ] VU Understanding Confucianism in East Asia
• 150224 SE [ en ] SE Encountering East Asian New Religions
• 150225 SE [ en ] History, literature and memory - traditional and modern approaches to the past in China and Europe

6. Historical Religions

• 090064 SE Seminar in Roman History - Vetus religio - novae religiones: Importierte Kulte und religiöse Toleranz in der römischen Welt

7. Others

• 140185 SE Conversion Narratives and Gender Constructions in 19th Century South Africa

M03: Comparative Systematic Study of Religions

• 010064 VO Religion and war

M04: Applied Systematics

M05: Religion and Society

• 010068 SE [ en ] Social capital and religion: a possible new model of categorizing religious communities

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 010132 SE [ en ] The role of religion in the acculturation of migrants: Psychological perspectives.
• 020056 SE Compulsory Optional Subject: Psychology of Religion - Beyond Moral: Nietzsche and Freud

M07: Additional Subject Areas

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010026 VO Introduction in Christian Iconography: Between Passion and Transfiguration - The Image of the Body in Christianity

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010014 VK Basic Questions of Canon Law

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts

• 010018 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
• 010031 UE Reading Course on Theological Key Terms of the Patristic Theology
• 010065 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture
• 010115 BA Apocryphal Gospels
• 140021 PS Mahabharata and Ramayana - Introduction to the Sanskrit Epics and Epic Studies

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010062 SE SE: Current Research Approaches in Studies of Religions
• 010065 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture
• 010078 UE+EX Archaeology in the Land of Moab - Excavation and Survey in the Wadi ath -Thamad Project
• 140106 PS [ en ] Theory and Methods of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
• 240118 SE [ en ] Reading French Anthropology of Religion: a Critical Presentation, from Durkheim to Bourdieu (P4) - (with an Italian counterpoint)

M10: Science of Religion in Practice

• 010025 BA The History of the Church in Bohemia
• 010030 EX Excursion Czech Republic: The Church in Bohemia - Historical Spotlights and the Situation today
• 010049 SE Forgiving each other - Die spirituelle Dimension zwischenmenschlicher Versöhnung
• 010061 SE Dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity
• 080010 SE Culture and Society: Football Fan Identities in Austria - An Anthropological Approach to a Changing Fan Culture in Globalised Football
• 140277 SE+EX Excursion or Workshop - History of Iran: The modern period, 18th - 20th centuries

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

• 010325 VO Church History IV - 19th - 20th Centuries
• 010330 VO Church history of Austria

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

• 010118 DS Qualitative- empirical research in theological context: introduction

M18: Advanced History of Religion

M19: Advanced Methodology

• 010118 DS Qualitative- empirical research in theological context: introduction

M20: Advanced Systematics

• 010065 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010006 DS From Husserl to Marion: Pathways in the Phenomenology of Religion
• 010047 BA The sacrament of ordination
• 010051 FS The reformation of the sanctional law of the church
• 030023 VO Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich
• 030035 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
• 030090 SE Austrian and European Law on Religion: The nonreligions ideology - für diploma and doctoral students
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - Eastern churches in Austria in history and today (for diploma and doctoral students)
• 030357 SE European Law and Jewish Issues - memory on the course of Law - for diploma and doctoral students
• 030358 SE The Austrian Concordate 1933/34 - for graduate and undergraduate students
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law - "Ministry, Celibacy and Gender Problems in Rel. Law" (for undergraduate and graduate students)
• 180070 SE Formulae of Religion - Klassische Gottesbeweise
• 190320 SE M6: Sociology of Religion and Psychology of Religion - Islam as a social Phenomenon
• 230066 SE Reading Seminar: Sociology of Religion after Max Weber Weber
• 240168 VS Worldview, Ritual, and Myth: Practises and Contexts (3.3.5)
• 300084 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology
• 010040 FS Zizek and Lacan
• 010044 BA Religion and Politics in a (post-) colonial context - Latin-American Philosophy of Liberation and Neohinduism
• 010113 FS Elementary Education in the view of religious Plurality

M22: Advanced Reading

• 010065 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture