Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)

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

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus on Orthodox and Oriental Churches
• 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II

3. Islam

• 020021 VO Introduction to Islam - History of Islam from Muhammad to the epoch of the Abbasides

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

• 150141 VU [ en ] Comparative East Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 060066 VO ( REMOTE ) Egyptian Religion

7. Others

• 010062 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions

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

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

• 010103 VU [ en ] Introducing Shinto
• 010114 VU [ en ] Epic, Heroes and Myths of Mongolia: From the Mongol Empire to the Present

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

• 010069 SE Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945
• 010099 VU [ en ] Transformations of Contemporary Atheism

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

• 010011 VO Symbol, Sign, Ritual: Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion
• 020035 VO ( MIXED ) Ethics of religions

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

• 010015 SE Religions and animals
• 010102 SE [ en ] Folkloristic and Religious Studies

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

• 010077 SE Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions
• 010089 SE Practice-oriented Religious Studies: Essentials and Areas of Application

M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010073 SE Selected Chapters of Psychology of Religion

M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 010017 VO Politics and Religion in Austria and the European Union

3. Didactics of Religions

4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 010011 VO Symbol, Sign, Ritual: Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion

5. Anthropology of Religion

• 010062 VO Lecture Afroamerican Religions

6. Philosophy of Religion

• 010092 VO Classical Writers of Philosophy of Religion

7. Law of Religions

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

• 010086 SE Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed - Religious Studies Source Work on Visions of the Afterlife from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
• 010087 SE Islamic History of Ideas: Introduction and Analysis

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

• 010100 SE Ideas of Reincarnation: Past and Present

M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)

• 010018 EX Religion in Vienna - Non-German-Speaking Catholic Communities
• 010080 SE Religion in Focus - Soka Gakkai
• 010089 SE Practice-oriented Religious Studies: Essentials and Areas of Application
• 010116 EX Christianity in Medieval Vienna
• 020045 SE ( KPH ) Forschungswerkstatt zur empirischen Religionsforschung - Research Lab ‚religious plurality‘