Master Religious Studies (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

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

1. Judaism

• 010051 VO [ en ] Contemporary Judaism

2. Christianity

• 010027 VO Basic Course Patrology
• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus: The Orthodox Church

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

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

7. Others

• 240031 VO Cargo Cults and revitalisation moevements in Oceania (3.3.5)

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

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

3. Islam

• 144034 SE Gender Studies and Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

• 010115 VU [ en ] Buddhism in Central Asia

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 010114 VU Germanic Religion(s)
• 060098 VU Egyptian Religion II

7. Others

• 010112 VU Religion under National Socialism

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

• 010041 VO [ en ] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present
• 010043 VO Coming of Age in Religious Traditions - Concepts of Childhood, Youth and Adulthood in Comparison

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

• 010113 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

• 020045 SE ( KPH ) Seminar on Sociology and/or Ethnology of Religion - The point of view of 'Critical Theory'

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

• 010021 VO Jews, Christians, Muslims (Special Pastoral Theologies) - Inter- and Transdisciplinary Perspectives on the interfaith dialogue between the Abrahamic Traditions

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

• 010025 VO Basic Course Canon Law I - Introduction into the fundamental problems of Canon Law: constituitional law, law on the Teaching Office of the Church, law on the Sacraments, state ecclesiastical law (in particular religious education in the school system)

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

• 010018 PS Exegetical methods
• 010100 SE Key Works in the Sociology of Religion

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

• 010113 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture

M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010077 SE Learning ecumenism and ecumenical reconnaissances: Geneva
• 010116 EX Female Religious Orders in Vienna

Elective Modules (20 ECTS)

M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)

M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)

M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010050 VO [ en ] Religions of Greek and Roman Antiquity
• 010051 VO [ en ] Contemporary Judaism
• 010112 VU Religion under National Socialism
• 010114 VU Germanic Religion(s)
• 010115 VU [ en ] Buddhism in Central Asia
• 020050 SE Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions - Christologie, Kirchengeschichte, Theologie, Liturgie, moderne Entwicklungen
• 060017 VO ( OV STEOP ) Introduction to Jewish Cultural History
• 060025 VO History of Rabbinical Literature and Culture
• 060028 VO The Kabbalah, the World of Jewish mysticism and magic
• 090013 VO Minoan and Mycenaean Religion
• 142003 UE Culture and Religion in the Western Himalayas
• 142201 VO [ en ] Introduction to Saivism: from Veda to Tantra
• 143119 VO In the Empire of the Black Pharaohs: Gods and Temples of the Meroites
• 144034 SE Gender Studies and Islam
• 240031 VO Cargo Cults and revitalisation moevements in Oceania (3.3.5)

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010041 VO [ en ] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present
• 010043 VO Coming of Age in Religious Traditions - Concepts of Childhood, Youth and Adulthood in Comparison
• 010113 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture

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

• 010100 SE Key Works in the Sociology of Religion

M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010112 VU Religion under National Socialism
• 010114 VU Germanic Religion(s)
• 020050 SE Seminar: Scientific Study of Religions - Christologie, Kirchengeschichte, Theologie, Liturgie, moderne Entwicklungen
• 142003 UE Culture and Religion in the Western Himalayas
• 144034 SE Gender Studies and Islam

M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010113 SE New Skin for the Old Mythology - Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture

M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)

• 010008 SE Liturgy on the silverscreen
• 010040 VU Theory of Religious Education
• 010070 SE "Adversus Iudaeos." The Church and the Jews in the Middle Ages
• 010097 SE You shall not fail (actually) "Secret" processes in the Church?
• 010106 SE Contexts of Sacral Music
• 030072 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Austria
• 030112 SE Law of the Christian East - Religion, Culture and Art (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)
• 180049 PS Nagarjuna: mind, world, and language
• 180085 SE Philosophy of Religion
• 240035 VS Anthropology of religious movements (3.3.5)

M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)

• 010100 SE Key Works in the Sociology of Religion
• 142083 UE [ en ] "Burn them! Eat them! Wear them!" - Materiality and Performativity of Sacred Texts in South Asia