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 Krems ) 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)