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B. Master Degree Programme in Study of Religions

Informationen sowie den Studienplan finden Sie unter:
http://ssc-kaththeologie.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=3133

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
010040 FS Zizek and Lacan
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
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

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