Universität Wien FIND

Master Religious Studies (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)
M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion (9 ECTS)
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
010006 VO Basic Course Church History I - The first christian millenium
010223 VO Basic Course Church History II - The second millenium of Christianity
3. Islam
4. Religions of Indian Origin
5. East-Asian Religions
010068 VO [en] Confucianism - Intercultural Philosophy
6. Historical Religions
140047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam
7. Others
010088 VO African Religions
010141 VO Alternative Forms of Religion I: From the 16th to the middle of the 19th century
M02: Special Courses in History of Religion (9 ECTS)
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
3. Islam
030194 KU Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments
4. Religions of Indian Origin
5. East-Asian Religions
010062 SE Religion in Focus: Falun Gong
010081 VU [en] Religious Heritage in East Asia
010092 VU [en] Astronomy and Religion in East Asia
6. Historical Religions
060098 VU Special Topic Egyptian Religion: Religious Texts
7. Others
010038 VU [en] The Theosophical Society
M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)
010087 VO Symbol, Sign, Ritual: Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion
010098 VO [en] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present
M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)
010086 SE [en] Music and Religion
010107 SE Animals in Religions
M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)
010019 SE Introduction to Sociology of Religion
M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)
020040 SE Selected chapters of psychology of religion
M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)
1. Missiology, Theology of Religion
2. Political Dimensions of Religions
010067 VO Specific Pastoral Theologies - Was die Gesellschaft zusammenhält: Werte
3. Didactics of Religions
4. Aesthetics of Religions
010087 VO Symbol, Sign, Ritual: Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion
080063 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography
5. Anthropology of Religion
010048 VO [en] Social Anthropology of Religion
6. Philosophy of Religion
010066 VO Classical Writers of Philosophy of Religion
7. Law of Religions
010060 VO Advanced Course Canon Law II - The Constitution of the Church
030134 VO Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich
030354 KU The legal position of Islam in Austria
M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)
010018 PS Exegetical Methods
010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin II
010100 UE Reading Class: Esotericism and Occultism
M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)
M10: Applied Religious Studies (7 ECTS)
010016 EX Religion in the museum
010043 EX Catholic Reform and Counterreformation in Vienna
010062 SE Religion in Focus: Falun Gong
Elective Modules (20 ECTS)
M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)
010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin II
020030 UE Communication in Colloquial Arabic
M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)
010069 KO Ecclesiatical Latin II
020030 UE Communication in Colloquial Arabic
M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)
360008 PR [en] Research Seminar
M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)
010006 VO Basic Course Church History I - The first christian millenium
010062 SE Religion in Focus: Falun Gong
010089 SE Understanding Judaism today
010096 SE Primeval History (Gn1-9) in ancient Orient context
090087 SE [en] Children and Childhood in Late Antiquity. Sources and material evidence
140122 VO [en] Introduction to Indian Esoteric Buddhism
M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)
010107 SE Animals in Religions
M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research (10 ECTS)
020031 SE (KPH) Forschungswerkstatt zur empirischen Religionsforschung - Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘
M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)
010062 SE Religion in Focus: Falun Gong
010089 SE Understanding Judaism today
010096 SE Primeval History (Gn1-9) in ancient Orient context
M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)
M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)
010107 SE Animals in Religions
M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)
010097 SE Canon law in the media
030035 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
030112 SE Law of the Christian East - Patriarch, Sultan, Czar, President - heirs of the Byzantine Emperor in the past and today (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)
180169 KU Phenomenology of religion: positions, perspectives, problems
M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)

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