Master Religious Studies (800)
Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)
M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion (9 ECTS)
1. Judaism
- 060003 VO Saint Louis and the battle about the Talmud
- 060004 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2
- 060005 VO Understanding Rabbinic Texts: Hermeneutics, Structure, Form
- 060010 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 1
- 060046 VO Philosophy and Kabbalah - Jewish Thought from the Middle Ages up to the early Modern Period
2. Christianity
- 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II - Das zweite christliche Jahrtausend. Von den Kreuzzügen zum interreligiösen Dialog
3. Islam
- 010103 VO An Introduction to Sufism
- 140172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam
4. Religions of Indian Origin
- 140122 VO [ en ] Historical Patterns of Buddhist Transmission
- 140153 VO [ en ] The Cult of Terrestrial Divinities in Tibet
- 140396 VO The Art of Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites
5. East-Asian Religions
6. Historical Religions
- 140047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam
- 140283 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Empire of Kush
7. Others
- 010065 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions
- 010068 VO Alternative Religiosity from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century
- 010108 VO Zarathustra and his religion - Belief and Rituals from Ancient Persia to Contemporary India
M02: Special Courses in History of Religion (9 ECTS)
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
- 010026 SE Religious Traditions in Slovenia
- 090094 SE [ en ] The space of the believers: Pilgrimage and pilgrim accounts as historical and Topographic source
- 090100 KU [ en ] Lighting Devices and Oil Lamps in Early Christian Archaeological Contexts
3. Islam
- 030194 KU Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments
- 140276 SE The Arab World: Security and Political Perspectives
4. Religions of Indian Origin
- 010078 VU [ en ] Buddhism and the West
5. East-Asian Religions
- 010070 VU [ en ] Confucianism
6. Historical Religions
7. Others
- 020028 SE Religious Minorities in the region of Turkey, Syria and Iraq - Christians - Alevites - Yezidi
- 140255 KU [ de en ] Religion and Politics
M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)
- 010097 VO [ en ] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present
- 010098 VO [ en ] Atheism: Old and New
M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)
- 010083 SE Luck: a religious category?
M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)
- 010104 SE Introduction to the Sociology of Religions
- 010107 SE Introduction to the Sociology of Religions
M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)
- 010101 SE Selected Chapters of Psychology of Religion
- 010105 SE Psychology torn between science and religion - Past and present of a controversial field
M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)
1. Missiology, Theology of Religion
2. Political Dimensions of Religions
- 060016 VO Antisemitism as World Religion
3. Didactics of Religions
4. Aesthetics of Religions
- 080074 VO Architecture of the Early Islamic Period: Forms and Functions from the Late Antiquity to c. 1000 AD
- 080093 VO Aspects of Ecclesiastical Architecture in the European High and Late Middle Ages
- 090090 VO [ en ] Early Christian Churches - framing the sacred space: architecture, decoration and liturgical furniture
- 140396 VO The Art of Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites
5. Anthropology of Religion
- 010065 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions
6. Philosophy of Religion
7. Law of Religions
- 010049 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
- 030354 VO The legal position of Islam in Austria
- 060116 VO Synagogues Reflected Through Law
M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)
- 010018 PS Exegetical methods
- 010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin I (Exercises)
- 010100 UE Reading Class: Esotericism and Occultism
- 060006 SE "If you will it, it ist no dream": Texts about "Zion" from the Bible to the present
- 060026 SE Between Rewritten Bible and Commentary - The Pre-Rabbinic Reception History of the Jewish Scriptures
- 140052 UE Texts on how to understand and explain the words of the Buddha
M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)
- 020028 SE Religious Minorities in the region of Turkey, Syria and Iraq - Christians - Alevites - Yezidi
M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)
- 010009 EX Excursion "The Church in Slovenia"
- 010086 SE Religion in Focus: The Unification Movement
Elective Modules (20 ECTS)
M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)
- 010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin I (Exercises)
- 020027 UE Communication in Colloquial Arabic
M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)
- 010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin I (Exercises)
- 020027 UE Communication in Colloquial Arabic
M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)
- 360008 PR [ en ] Research Seminar
M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)
M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)
M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research (10 ECTS)
- 020053 SE Forschungswerkstatt zur empirischen Religionsforschung - Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘
M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)
- 010026 SE Religious Traditions in Slovenia
- 090094 SE [ en ] The space of the believers: Pilgrimage and pilgrim accounts as historical and Topographic source
- 090100 KU [ en ] Lighting Devices and Oil Lamps in Early Christian Archaeological Contexts
M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)
M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)
M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)
- 010013 FS "Defending the mystery in the world" - Literature and Religion on Common Ground?
- 010019 FS Titel
- 010111 SE [ en ] An Introduction to Christian Iconography
- 030035 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
- 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - Gender questions from past up to the present (for diploma and doctoral students)
- 030139 SE Intercultural Conflict Resolution: Focus "Religion" - for graduate and andergraduate students
- 030194 KU Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments
- 030263 KU [ en ] From the protection of persecuted co-religionists 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)
- 140276 SE The Arab World: Security and Political Perspectives
M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)
- 490153 PS ( KPH Krems ) Menschenrechte und (Inter-)Religiöse Bildung
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