1.10 Master Degree Programme Religious Studies

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

• 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II - Von den Kreuzzügen zum interreligiösen Dialog
• 010325 VO Church History IV - 19th - 20th Centuries

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 010061 VO [ en ] Introduction to Roman Religion

7. Others

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

• 060015 SE Jewish and Christian Biblical Interpretation in Antiquity, part 2

2. Christianity

• 010057 SE Franz of Sales: His life and impact in the history of Christian spirituality
• 010063 SE Variety and Day-to-Day Consequences of Ecclesiastical Transformations in Europe from 1520 to 1580 - Von Katechismus und Leichenpredigt, geräumten Klöstern und neuen Orden
• 010105 SE 50 Years of Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology at the University of Vienna - Retrospects, Insights, and Prospects
• 010320 SE Christianity in the Caucasus: In the Footsteps of St. Hripsime and St. Nino

3. Islam

• 010029 VU [ en ] The Muslim Eve: Images of the First Woman

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010062 SE Religion in Focus: Cao Dai
• 010078 VU Korean New Religions

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

M03: Comparative Religion

• 010023 VO Sacrificial Rites in Religions: Ritual Practice and Ritual Theory
• 010030 VO [ en ] Religious Iconoclasm: A History
• 010087 VO The Religious Assessment of Other Religions

M04: Comparative Religion Applied

• 010100 SE Meditation in Buddhism and Christianity
• 010107 SE Spirituality and Body

M05: Religion and Society

• 020010 SE Introduction to the Sociology of Religion - Geld oder Gott?

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 020059 SE Selected chapters of psychology of religion
• 140139 VO [ en ] South Asia and South East Asia: Perspectives of cultural psychology

M07: Additional Subject Areas

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 010087 VO The Religious Assessment of Other Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010030 VO [ en ] Religious Iconoclasm: A History
• 140396 VO Buddhist Art in the Himalayas

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

• 010025 VO Classics in Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010032 VO History of the matrimonial law 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
• 010028 UE [ en ] Key Readings in Secularization Theory
• 060015 SE Jewish and Christian Biblical Interpretation in Antiquity, part 2

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010100 SE Meditation in Buddhism and Christianity
• 020056 SE - - -
• 490153 PS ( KPH ) Menschenrechte und (Inter-)Religiöse Bildung

M10: Applied Study of Religion

• 010044 EX Excursion to Armenia and Georgia
• 010062 SE Religion in Focus: Cao Dai
• 010107 SE Spirituality and Body
• 020046 SE [ en ] Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions - Religious Tolerance in Islam - Oman as an outstanding example

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

• 360008 PR [ en ] Research Seminar

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

• 010062 SE Religion in Focus: Cao Dai
• 010078 VU Korean New Religions

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion

• 010030 VO [ en ] Religious Iconoclasm: A History
• 010100 SE Meditation in Buddhism and Christianity
• 010107 SE Spirituality and Body

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

• 020056 SE - - -

M18: Advanced History of Religion

• 010062 SE Religion in Focus: Cao Dai
• 010063 SE Variety and Day-to-Day Consequences of Ecclesiastical Transformations in Europe from 1520 to 1580 - Von Katechismus und Leichenpredigt, geräumten Klöstern und neuen Orden

M19: Advanced Methodology

• 010100 SE Meditation in Buddhism and Christianity

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion

• 010100 SE Meditation in Buddhism and Christianity
• 010107 SE Spirituality and Body

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010027 SE ( KPH ) Subject didactics: didactics of religions
• 010051 FS Gilles Deleuze - The Fold
• 010097 SE Legal protection in the Church
• 010104 SE [ en ] An Introduction to Christian Iconography
• 020010 SE Introduction to the Sociology of Religion - Geld oder Gott?
• 020056 SE - - -
• 030035 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East. - Pagans, Heretics, Jews and Muslims - the "other" in Law (for diploma and doctoral students)
• 030139 SE Intercultural Conflict Resolution - for graduate and andergraduate students
• 030263 KU [ 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)
• 490153 PS ( KPH ) Menschenrechte und (Inter-)Religiöse Bildung

M22: Advanced Reading