1.07. Master Degree Programme in Study of Religions

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060014 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 1
• 060016 VO Midrash from Antiquity to Modern Times

2. Christianity

• 010028 VO Church History - Part II: The Church in the Middle Ages
• 010073 VO Oecumenical Theology in the view of Eastern Churches
• 010096 VO Titel
• 010223 VO Church History Compact II - Das zweite christliche Jahrtausend: Von den Kreuzzügen zum Dialog der Religionen
• 010330 VO Church history of Austria
• 020011 VO Geschichte des Protestantismus in Österreich
• 020012 VO Christians in the Holy Land - The Holy Land in Christianity
• 020013 VO Women in the History of the Church
• 020032 VO Ecumenical Introduction to Christian Churches

3. Islam

• 140024 VO Religions and Institutions in the Near East
• 140054 VO History of Ideas and Culture of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)
• 140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)
• 140088 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture I: Early Periods
• 140127 VO Islam in Asia outside the Arab World

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140100 VO [ en ] History of Indian Madhyamaka
• 140149 VO The Epistemological School of Buddhism
• 140159 VO [ en ] Historical Introduction to Yoga Philosophy and Early Indian Traditions of Meditation

5. East-Asian Religions

• 150087 VO Religion in Japan

6. Historical Religions

• 090059 VO Etruscan Religion
• 240083 VO Basic Elements of Mesoamerican Religion II (P3)

7. Others

• 010081 VO The Psychedelic Movement - A religious cult of the 20th Century and its impact on contemporary culture

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060011 VO+UE From Philo to Maimonides - The Moses Image in the context of ancient and medieval Judaism
• 060014 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 1
• 060015 VO+UE Judaism under Islam - Jemen, Iraq, Persia, Turkey
• 060017 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Die Midraschim; Mischna und Talmud: Eine Einführung in die Literatur mit Textbeispielen (in Übersetzungen).

2. Christianity

• 010040 FS Current trends and topics in historical theology
• 010063 BA The Crusades - a Christian Djihad? - Controversial Issues in Church History II
• 010067 BA Liturgical Symbols
• 020014 SE Martin Luther and the beginning of the Reformation - , An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation (1520)'

3. Islam

• 020010 SE Women in the Arab Spring
• 090108 UE LV Bereich Mittellatein - Die poetischen Mohammed-Viten des Embricho von Mainz und des Walter von Compiègne

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140021 PS Introduction to Hindu Mythology and its Academic Discourse
• 140022 BA Theories on the Origin of Indian Karma Concepts - Philological Foundations
• 140091 BA Theories on the Origin of Indian Karma Concepts - Aspects in Religious Studies
• 140115 PS Ritual Landscapes in Nepal

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

• 140046 PS Diviners, Midwives, Bone-setters, Magicians and Healers: Health Specialists in Colonial West Africa

M03: Comparative Religion

M04: Applied Comparative Stuy of Religion

• 010368 SE Neoshamanism
• 020004 SE Holy Mountains in the History of Religions - Seminar en bloc in Old Testament and History of Religions

M05: Religion and Society

• 010071 FS Are women more religious than men?
• 010075 SE Sociology of religion: Introduction, questions and classics

M06: Psychology of Religion

M07: Additional Subject Areas

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010095 VO NO MUSEUM HAS GOD. Religion in Art in the Beginning of the 21st century

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010008 VK Basic Questions of Canon Law
• 030023 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
• 010032 UE Reading Course on Theological Key Terms of the Patristic Theology
• 010044 FS Thomas Nagel: "Mind and Cosmos"
• 010115 BA Texts -Places - Landscapes of Memory. The Holy Land in New Testament and Early Christian Times

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010071 FS Are women more religious than men?
• 010155 SE Cognitive Science of Religion: brain and religion
• 020010 SE Women in the Arab Spring
• 140103 PS Theory and Methods of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

M10: Applied Study of Religion

• 010037 EX Archaeology in the Land of Moab - Excavation and Survey in the Wadi ath -Thamad Project
• 010041 EX EXCURSION Church- NEIGHBOUR-Religions BOSNIA - Traces of its ecclesiastical past and pastoral present
• 010078 EX Excursion to Israel and Egypt
• 010091 EX Missionaries and Missions in Vienna
• 010105 BA What does Caritas do all day long? - On the Contributions of "Caritas" to Convivenz in Justice and Plurality

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

• 010014 VO Church History Compact I - The first christian millenium
• 010028 VO Church History - Part II: The Church in the Middle Ages
• 010330 VO Church history of Austria

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

• 010368 SE Neoshamanism
• 020004 SE Holy Mountains in the History of Religions - Seminar en bloc in Old Testament and History of Religions

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

• 010071 FS Are women more religious than men?
• 010368 SE Neoshamanism

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010043 DS Church and marriage in the middle ages - Kirchenrechtliche und kirchengeschichtliche Aspekte
• 010046 FS Christianity as a Contribution to a new civitas - FS für Dissertanten/innen, Diplomanden/innen und Interessierte
• 010047 SE Apocalypse
• 010065 FS Administrative law of the Church
• 020010 SE Women in the Arab Spring
• 030035 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - (for diploma and doctoral students)
• 030173 SE European Law - what is your take on religion? Antidiscrimination Law and Relegion - für diploma and doctoral students
• 030263 KU From the protection of persecuted co-religionist to the protection of universal human rights - Theory and practice of humanitarian intervention in historcial perspective
• 030357 SE European Law and Jewish Issues - Religious Holidays - for diploma and doctoral students
• 030358 SE The legal position of religions minorities in Austria from 1848 to today - for graduate and undergraduate students
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law: Human Rights - Women´s Rights - "Violence against Women" (for undergraduate and graduate students)
• 180058 SE God and space
• 300084 SE Current topics in philosophy, theology and biology - Interdisciplinary discussions of current topics in Philosophy, Theology and Biology

M22: Advanced Reading