1.10 Master Degree Programme Religious Studies

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060004 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2
• 060011 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 1

2. Christianity

• 010028 VO Church History - Part II: The Church in the Middle Ages
• 010065 VO Introduction to Eastern Churches
• 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II - Von den Kreuzzügen zum interreligiösen Dialog
• 020032 VO-L Ecumenical Introduction to Christian Churches - Konfessionskunde
• 020040 VO-L The Development of Early Christian Creeds - Nicaenum, Apostolicum

3. Islam

• 140109 VO Religions and Institutions in the Near East
• 140112 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture I: Early Periods

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140147 VO The non-vedic philosophical-religious traditions of South India - as mirrored in the history of Tamil literature

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 010099 VO [ en ] The Roman Cult of Mithras

7. Others

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

• 010045 FS Medieval Theology. Figures, Themes and Styles
• 010057 SE Female doctors of the Church
• 010063 SE Religious traditions in Transsylvania (Western Rumania)
• 010320 SE Liturgy and Ecumenism: the Protestant Traditions

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140137 PS On exchanging, giving and receiving - the significance of the gift in the religious traditions of India
• 140157 SE [ en ] State, Religion and Society in Early Modern South Asia
• 140169 PS [ en ] Indian Paths to Liberation
• 140397 PS Chinese Budhist Texts

5. East-Asian Religions

• 150087 UE The sea and seafaring seen from the angle of Japanese religions

6. Historical Religions

• 010098 SE RW M2 Special Courses in History of Religion
• 060098 VU Special Topic Egyptian Religion

7. Others

M03: Comparative Religion

• 010096 VO Symbol, Sign, Ritual, Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion

M04: Comparative Religion Applied

• 010112 SE Sexual Violence in Comparative Religion

M05: Religion and Society

• 210158 SE [ en ] M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - M5a: VertiefungsSE(a) Religions, Politics and Women: Comparing European and Indonesian Experiences and Challenges(engl.)

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 020051 SE Selected chapters of 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

• 010096 VO Symbol, Sign, Ritual, Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion
• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography
• 140122 VO The Indo-Tibetan architecture of the stupa

5. Anthropology of Religion

• 240008 VO Anthropology of Myth. An Introduction
• 240032 VO [ en ] Introduction to Anthropology of Religion (3.3.5)

6. Philosophy of Religion

• 010004 VO Classical writers of philosophy of religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010055 VO Advanced Course Canon Law II - The Constitution of the Church
• 030023 VO Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts

• 010010 PS Exegetical methods

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010100 SE The Study of Esotericism. Recent Questions and Approaches
• 010112 SE Sexual Violence in Comparative Religion
• 020055 SE The Muslim brotherhood between opposition and political responibility

M10: Science of Religion in Practice

• 010044 EX Excursion Transsylvania (Western Rumania)
• 010048 EX Archaeology in the Land of Moab - Excavation and Survey in the Wadi ath -Thamad Project
• 010100 SE The Study of Esotericism. Recent Questions and Approaches

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion

• 010112 SE Sexual Violence in Comparative Religion

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

• 010100 SE The Study of Esotericism. Recent Questions and Approaches

M18: Advanced History of Religion

M19: Advanced Methodology

• 010112 SE Sexual Violence in Comparative Religion

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010051 FS The Holy and the Society. Sloterdijk’s Analysis of Society, Culture and Religion
• 010089 SE [ en ] An Introduction to Christian Iconography
• 010097 SE From the "Pfarrerinitiative" to the priestly brotherhood of Saint Peter - The legal framework for intra-ecclesiastical groups
• 030035 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East. Orthodox Church in Austria - - current and historic legal issues (for diploma and doctoral students)
• 030199 SE Development of matrimonial law: A legal comparison between Canon Law and Austrian national law - (auch für DiplomandInnen und DissertantInnen)
• 030263 KU [ de en ] From the protection of persecuted co-religionist to the protection of universal human rights - Theory and practice of humanitarian interventions in historcial perspective
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law: Human Rights - Women´s Rights - Islam and Women's Rights (for undergraduate and graduate students)
• 180044 SE Philosophy of Religion
• 210158 SE [ en ] M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - M5a: VertiefungsSE(a) Religions, Politics and Women: Comparing European and Indonesian Experiences and Challenges(engl.)

M22: Advanced Reading