Master Religious Studies (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

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

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

• 010027 VO Basic Course Patrology
• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches
• 020005 VO-L Theology of Early Christianity

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010091 VO Introducing East Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 010050 VO [ en ] Religions of Greek and Roman Antiquity

7. Others

• 010055 VO Alternative Forms of Religion II: From the Mid-19th Century to the Present

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

• 020015 SE Egyptian christianity in times of social and political transformation - Seminar on the History of Religion

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

• 010058 VU [ en ] Introducing East Asian New Religious Movements

6. Historical Religions

• 010115 VU The Theosophical Society

7. Others

• 010116 VU [ en ] Introduction to Mesoamerican Religions

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

• 010087 VO Religions and Gender
• 010098 VO [ en ] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

• 010100 SE Ideas of Reincarnation: Past and Present

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

• 010107 SE Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
• 020022 SE ( KPH ) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion - Im Rahmen einer Wissenssoziologie

M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010088 VO Introduction to the Psychology of Religion

M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010094 VO [ en ] Introducing East Asian Religious Arts
• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010025 VO Basic Course Canon Law I
• 010105 VO Austrian and European Law on Religion - Introductory Course

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

• 010018 PS Exegetical Methods
• 010090 SE The Book of Mormon
• 010092 SE Key Works in the Sociology of Religion

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

• 010103 SE Contemporary Issues in the Study of Esotericism

M10: Applied Religious Studies (7 ECTS)

• 010097 EX Buddhism in Vienna
• 010104 SE Religion in Focus: Eckankar

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)

• 010089 SE "City of God" - On the relationship between religion- city- migration
• 010050 VO [ en ] Religions of Greek and Roman Antiquity
• 010091 VO Introducing East Asian Religions
• 010058 VU [ en ] Introducing East Asian New Religious Movements
• 150014 VO Religion in Japan
• 010055 VO Alternative Forms of Religion II: From the Mid-19th Century to the Present
• 010104 SE Religion in Focus: Eckankar
• 010115 VU The Theosophical Society
• 010116 VU [ en ] Introduction to Mesoamerican Religions

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010087 VO Religions and Gender
• 010098 VO [ en ] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present
• 010100 SE Ideas of Reincarnation: Past and Present

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

• 010088 VO Introduction to the Psychology of Religion
• 010092 SE Key Works in the Sociology of Religion
• 010094 VO [ en ] Introducing East Asian Religious Arts
• 010107 SE Introduction to the Sociology of Religion

M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010089 SE "City of God" - On the relationship between religion- city- migration
• 010104 SE Religion in Focus: Eckankar
• 140246 PS Tibetan Madhyamaka: Central Ideas, Texts, and Figures

M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)

• 010103 SE Contemporary Issues in the Study of Esotericism
• 020017 SE Interreligious Dialogue in austria in Comarative Perspective - Seminar zu einem Thema der systematisch-vergleichenden Religionswissenschaften
• 140090 KU Guided Reading - Religion and Religious Change in West African Movies: Focus Sahel

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010100 SE Ideas of Reincarnation: Past and Present
• 010128 SE Is God a Feminist? Women´s Rights and Religion

M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)

• 010008 SE Liturgical Rites Surrounding Illness and Death
• 010013 SE [ en ] The Relationship between Church and State from Antiquity to the Modern Period
• 010040 VU Theory of Religious Education
• 010106 SE Traces of the Sacred in Contemporary Art
• 030072 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Austria
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - European Orthodoxy 30 years after turn (for diploma and doctoral 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)

M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)

• 010090 SE The Book of Mormon
• 010092 SE Key Works in the Sociology of Religion