Master Study of Religions (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion (9 ECTS)

1. Judaism

• 030576 VO To be Jewish in Austria as Reflected in Law. Historical Perspectives and Topical Questions - Historische Schlaglichter und aktuelle Fragestellungen. Schwerpunkt: Nationalsozialismus und Zweite Republik.
• 060005 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 2
• 060007 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction in Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today - von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart
• 060010 VO Hermeneutics II: Rabbinic Texts as masterpieces

2. Christianity

• 010027 VO Basic Course Patrology
• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches
• 020021 VO-L StEOP Ages of Church History
• 020023 VO Cultural History of Christianity - Women in the History of Christianity
• 020032 VO-L History of the Early Christianity
• 020036 VO-L Theology of Early Christianity

3. Islam

• 020001 VO Introduction to Islam - Quran, Obligatory Rituals, Doctrines
• 140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 140194 VO The Tibetan Transmission of the Indian Mahamudra Teachings
• 140241 VO Vedanta: authors, texts, development, state of research
• 140263 VO [ en ] Buddhism and Society in Bhutan

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010091 VO Introduction to the Religions of East Asia

6. Historical Religions

• 010324 VO [ en ] Religions in the Roman World
• 060053 VO ( STEOP ) Religion of Ancient Egypt I
• 090112 VO Demeter and Kore. Tales of mysteries, cults and images
• 140119 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: Gods and Temples of the Meroites
• 240512 VO The Religion of Mesoamerica I (Mythology) (P3)

7. Others

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion (9 ECTS)

1. Judaism

• 060027 SE The Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism

2. Christianity

• 020005 SE Oriental Christianity in History and Presence - Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions
• 090083 SE Mount Athos through the centuries (SE)
• 090106 SE [ en ] The Madaba Mosaic Map
• 090107 SE [ en ] Magic, amulets and superstition in Late Antique and Early Christian periods

3. Islam

• 020010 SE Optional Modul: Gender in religious, ethical or cultural context - Feministische Diskurse im Islam
• 030194 KU Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments
• 140021 SE Islamic Ethics (ahlaq)

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 020006 SE Oriental Christianity in History and Presence - Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010085 VU East Asian New Religions

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

• 010088 VU Esotericism and Far-Right Extremism
• 010092 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 150066 UE Korean Folk Festivals and Rituals with a Buddhist Background

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

• 010087 VO The Religious Assessment of Other Religions

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

• 010107 SE [ en ] Myth
• 010155 SE Im/Purity and Gender
• 020007 SE Jesus in nicht-christlichen Religionen - Systematisch-vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

• 020008 SE ( KPH Krems ) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion

M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010036 VO Introduction to the Psychology of Religion

M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 060023 VO Pogrom - An (Un)intellectual History of Genocides against Jews

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010094 VO [ en ] Introducing East Asian Religious Arts
• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography
• 090090 VO [ en ] ( STEOP ) StEOP: Sculpture in Late Antiquity-Typology, Style, Chronology

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

• 140241 VO Vedanta: authors, texts, development, state of research

7. Law of Religions

• 010025 VO Basic Course Canon Law I
• 030576 VO To be Jewish in Austria as Reflected in Law. Historical Perspectives and Topical Questions - Historische Schlaglichter und aktuelle Fragestellungen. Schwerpunkt: Nationalsozialismus und Zweite Republik.

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

• 010018 PS Exegetical Methods
• 010086 UE [ en ] Reading Religion
• 020034 UE Exegetical Practice - Revelation

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

• 010100 SE Modern Yoga
• 010155 SE Im/Purity and Gender
• 020009 SE ( KPH Krems ) Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘
• 020010 SE Optional Modul: Gender in religious, ethical or cultural context - Feministische Diskurse im Islam
• 070362 SE Seminar - Reading and Writing in the Middle Ages

M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010038 SE Religion in Focus: Share International
• 010064 EX Excursion to India
• 010077 EX Religion in Vienna

Elective Modules (20 ECTS)

M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)

M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)

M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)

• 360008 PR [ en ] Research Seminar

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010085 VU East Asian New Religions
• 090087 VO [ en ] Monastic Archaeology: the spread of monasteries in the provinces of Palaestina and Arabia
• 090090 VO [ en ] ( STEOP ) StEOP: Sculpture in Late Antiquity-Typology, Style, Chronology
• 090093 PS [ en ] Late Antique Painting between Classical Reminiscences and Christian Innovations
• 090106 SE [ en ] The Madaba Mosaic Map
• 090107 SE [ en ] Magic, amulets and superstition in Late Antique and Early Christian periods

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research (10 ECTS)

• 020009 SE ( KPH Krems ) Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘

M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)

M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)

M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)

• 010013 SE Skills and research methods in Church History
• 010031 FS Hegel´s Philosopy of Religion
• 010035 VU Theory of Religious Education - General subject didactics
• 010051 SE ( KPH Krems ) Subject didactics: didactics of religions
• 010072 FS "Solace to our Hollow Hearts" - A Dialogue between Theology and Contemporary Literatur - Literature and Religion on Common Ground?
• 010075 SE Faith, hope, charity. Christian values and their transformation in contemporary art
• 010089 SE Political Theology in Eastern and Central Europe
• 010097 SE Standard Works in the Canon Law
• 020009 SE ( KPH Krems ) Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘
• 030072 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Austria
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - 1918-2018: 100 years Orthodox Church in Austria (for diploma and doctoral students)
• 030194 KU Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law: Human Rights - Women´s Rights - Islam and Women's Rights (for undergraduate and graduate students)
• 060024 SE Now and Then: Gerhard Kittel and Scientific Antisemitism
• 090093 PS [ en ] Late Antique Painting between Classical Reminiscences and Christian Innovations
• 090106 SE [ en ] The Madaba Mosaic Map
• 090107 SE [ en ] Magic, amulets and superstition in Late Antique and Early Christian periods
• 180165 SE Religious Violence as a Philosophical Problem

M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)

• 490153 PS ( KPH Krems ) Menschenrechte und (Inter-)Religiöse Bildung