Universität Wien

Master Religious Studies (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

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

2. Christianity

010027 VO Basic Course Patrology

010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches

020005 VO-L Theology of Early Christianity

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

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

2. Christianity

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

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

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