Master Religious Studies (800)

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 Oriental Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches
• 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

• 060066 VO ( REMOTE ) Egyptian Religion

7. Others

• 010087 VO [ en ] The Occult Modernity - Alternative Religious Traditions from the Late Enlightenment to the First World War

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

1. Judaism

2. Christianity

3. Islam

4. Religions of Indian Origin

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

• 010088 VU [ en ] New Religious Movements
• 010101 VU Introducing Siberian Shamanism
• 010109 VU [ en ] The non-Buddhist Religions of Tibet

M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)

• 010098 VO Ethics of Religion

M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion
• 010096 SE [ en ] Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religious Experience
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions

M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)

• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)

M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

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

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)

• 010106 SE [ en ] Folkore and Belief

M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion

M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)

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)

• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus on Oriental Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches
• 010087 VO [ en ] The Occult Modernity - Alternative Religious Traditions from the Late Enlightenment to the First World War
• 010088 VU [ en ] New Religious Movements
• 010101 VU Introducing Siberian Shamanism
• 010109 VU [ en ] The non-Buddhist Religions of Tibet
• 010223 VO Basic Course Church History II

M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion
• 010096 SE [ en ] Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religious Experience
• 010098 VO Ethics of Religion
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions
• 010106 SE [ en ] Folkore and Belief
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

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

• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010057 SE Synodality and Conciliarism - Zur Rolle von Synoden und Konzilien als Reforminstrumente in der Neuzeit
• 010072 SE Recognition and Gender Theory. Hegel and Butler
• 010088 VU [ en ] New Religious Movements
• 010101 VU Introducing Siberian Shamanism
• 010109 VU [ en ] The non-Buddhist Religions of Tibet
• 142169 PS Mantras: an introduction

M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)

• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions

M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010085 SE Animal Ethics and Religion
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion

M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)

• 010011 SE Between Uniformity and Diversity - Western Non-Roman Liturgical Traditions of Dioceses and Religious Orders
• 010072 SE Recognition and Gender Theory. Hegel and Butler
• 010077 SE Spirituality in times of totalitarism
• 010096 SE [ en ] Interdisciplinary Approaches to Religious Experience
• 010099 SE [ en ] Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Religions
• 010102 SE [ en ] Mysticism across Religions
• 010106 SE [ en ] Folkore and Belief
• 010107 SE [ en ] Anthropology of Religion
• 060018 SE Important source-texts of rabbinic literature and hermeneutics
• 142169 PS Mantras: an introduction
• 490133 PS ( KPH Krems ) Menschenrechte und (Inter-)Religiöse Bildung

M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)