Diploma Catholic Theology (011 [3] - Version 2015)

First stage of study (180 ECTS)

Introductory and Orientation Period I Introduction to Catholic Theology I (9 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP 011,193,055: Modulprüfung Einführung in das theologische Studium
• 010048 PS ( STEOP ) Basic Texts: Anthropology and Ethics
• 010082 VO Introduction to Catholic Theology II
• 010110 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Catholic Theology I
• 010178 PS ( STEOP ) Basic Texts: Anthropology and Ethics

Introductory and Orientation Period II Introduction to Catholic Theology II (6 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP Modulprüfung Einführung in das theologische Studium II Teil RW
• 010075 VO Introduction to Comparative Religion
• 010115 PS Basics and methods of theological research
• 010171 PS Basics and methods of theological research

Accompanying course for the STEOP phase

• 010027 SE Mentoring for students in the STEOP phase
• 010090 OV ( OV ) Orientation Course for first-year students - of the Diploma Catholic Theology, Bachelor Religious Education (Catholic Theological Education, Catholic Religious Education, Religious Studies and Orthodox Religious Education) and Bachelor Teacher Training Programme Catholic Religion

FTH 01 Introduction to Biblical Studies (8 ECTS)

• 010036 VO Introduction to the Bible
• 010071 PS Exegetical methods

FTH 02 Biblical Hebrew (6 ECTS)

• 010003 VO Biblical Hebrew I

FTH 03 Christian Philosophy : Basic Course (9 ECTS)

• 010107 VO Medieval philosophy
• 010132 VO Ancient Philosophy

FTH 04 Church History: Basic Course (12 ECTS)

• 010014 VO Basic Course Church History I
• 010065 VO Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus on the Orthdodox Churches

FTH 05 Introduction to the History of Religions (10 ECTS)

• 010033 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to Judaism
• 010102 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to Islam

FTH 06 Systematic Theology: Basic Course (9 ECTS)

• 010046 VO Basic Course Fundamental Theology I (Revelation and History)
• 010121 VO History of Theology

FTH 07 Ethics (6 ECTS)

• 010106 VO Ethics I -Introduction into ethics

FTH 08 Biblical Studies: Basic Course (9 ECTS)

• 010022 VO Basic Course New Testament I
• 010310 VO Basic Course Old Testament II

FTH 09 Church History: Advanced Course (6 ECTS)

• 010015 VO Advanced Course Church History I - Status, social life and mentalities

FTH 10 Anthropology and Christian Social Ethics (12 ECTS)

• 010074 VO Christian Social Ethics I
• 010105 VO Basic Course Philosophical Anthropology

FTH 11 Theological Ethics: Baisc Course (6 ECTS)

• 010049 VO Basic Course Theological Ethics I (Basics for Fundamental Moral Theology)

FTH 12 Liturgical and Sacramental Theology (6 ECTS)

• 010013 VO Basic Course Liturgical Studies

FTH 13 Canon Law: Basic Course (6 ECTS)

• 010025 VO Basic Course Canon Law I

FTH 14 Biblical Studies: Advanced Course (12 ECTS)

• 010037 VO Advanced Course Old Testament I
• 010197 VO Advanced Course New Testament I

FTH 15 Systematic Theology: Advanced Course (18 ECTS)

• 010035 VO Basic Course Patrology
• 010070 VO ( MIXED ) Theological methodology
• 010095 VO Advanced Course in Sacramental Celebrations
• 010117 VO Christology
• 010126 VO ( MIXED ) Basic Course Fundamental Theology II (Text and Tradition)

FTH 16 Philosophical and Theological Doctrine of God (15 ECTS)

• 010104 VO Metaphysics
• 010108 VO Basic Course Philosophical Theology
• 010118 VO Dogmatics: On God
• 010120 VO Theology of Creation

FTH 17 Theological Extension Course I (15 ECTS)

• 010051 SE Evagrius Ponticus: Spirituality and Theology of the Desert Fathers

1. Excursion

• 010047 EX The Eastern Churches in Vienna
• 010059 EX Theology of Struggle and Church of the Poor in the Philippines - Practising a Liberating Theology in Poverty and Oppression

2. Seminars

• 010004 SE The Old Testament Torah and Near Eastern Cultures
• 010012 SE How not to say Mass: Mass celebration between norm and practice
• 010016 SE The future of the church in a secular society - Challenges to canon law from processes of social transformation
• 010021 SE Values and Value Formation: Current Opportunities and Challenges
• 010044 SE Icons - Fundamentals, Approaches, Practice
• 010050 SE The Word of God and It’s Interpretation: Islamic and Christian Hermeneutics in Comparison
• 010057 SE Christian Pilgrimage. History, Places, Practices
• 010058 SE Departures and Resistances: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feminism and Religion
• 010063 SE Skills and research methods in Church History
• 010064 SE ( MIXED ) Seminar on Aesthetics: The question of the metaphor / Hans Blumenberg
• 010072 SE Recognition and Gender Theory. Hegel and Butler
• 010098 SE Seminar in Preaching
• 010119 SE Political ethics: ethics and psychoanalysis
• 010123 SE Crib and Cross. Incarnation and Passion - places of God's vulnerability?

Supplementary Examination Greek

• EXAM ON-SITE New Testament Greek
• 010140 VU New Testament Greek I

Second stage of study (120 ECTS)

FTH 18 Christian Philosophy: Advanced Course (6 ECTS)

• 010029 SE ( KPH Krems ) Thinking Philosophically and Theologically - In consideration of primary level

FTH 19 Practical Theology (15 ECTS)

• 010006 VO Homiletics
• 010039 VO Principles of Pastoral Theology
• 010045 VO Religious Pedagogics and Catechetics

FTH 20 Historical Theology (9 ECTS)

• 010210 VO Introduction to spiritual theology - Von den Kirchenvätern bis ins Mittelalter

FTH 21 Canon Law: Advanced Course (6 ECTS)

• 010093 VO Advanced Course Canon Law I - Law of the Sacraments

FTH 22 Biblical Studies: Extension Course (15 ECTS)

• 010026 VO Exegesis of the New Testament - Mary Magdalene in the Gospels, in the extra-canonical literature and its reception history
• 010030 VO Exegesis of the Old Testament: Psalms

FTH 23 Theological Ethics: Advanced Course (9 ECTS)

• 010055 VO Advanced Course Theological Ethics I (Fundamental Moral Theology)
• 010056 VO Advanced Course Theological Ethics II : Sexual Ethics

FTH 24 Systematic Theology: Extension Course (12 ECTS)

FTH 25 Theological Extension Course II (10 ECTS)

1. Ecumenism (5 ECTS)

• 010051 SE Evagrius Ponticus: Spirituality and Theology of the Desert Fathers
• 010077 SE ( KPH Krems ) Learning ecumenism and ecumenical reconnaissances: Vienna

2. Seminar (5 ECTS)

a) Seminar Religious Philosophy

• 600004 FS ( MIXED ) Encounters between Religion and Aesthetics IV - Seminar für Diplomand*innen, Masterand*innen und Interessierte

b) Seminar Systematic-theological Concepts

c) Intercultural Theology

• 010034 SE Intercultural Theology

d) Ethics and Religion

• 010058 SE Departures and Resistances: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feminism and Religion

FTH 26 Theological Extension Course III (15 ECTS)

a) Christian Philosophy

• 010109 FS Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason: Kant's Transcendental Philosophy of Religion

b) Social Ethics

• 010099 FS Current research in Christian social ethics - Forschungsseminar für Doktorierende und Interessierte
• 010119 SE Political ethics: ethics and psychoanalysis

c) Religious Studies

d) Old Testament

• 010004 SE The Old Testament Torah and Near Eastern Cultures

e) New Testament

• 010050 SE The Word of God and It’s Interpretation: Islamic and Christian Hermeneutics in Comparison

f) Theology and History of the Christian East

• 010044 SE Icons - Fundamentals, Approaches, Practice
• 010051 SE Evagrius Ponticus: Spirituality and Theology of the Desert Fathers

g) Church History

• 010057 SE Christian Pilgrimage. History, Places, Practices
• 010063 SE Skills and research methods in Church History

h) Theology of Spirituality

i) Fundamental Theology

• 010064 SE ( MIXED ) Seminar on Aesthetics: The question of the metaphor / Hans Blumenberg
• 010091 FS Schelling’s Late Philosophy
• 010113 FS Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Reason II
• 600004 FS ( MIXED ) Encounters between Religion and Aesthetics IV - Seminar für Diplomand*innen, Masterand*innen und Interessierte

j) Liturgical Studies

• 010012 SE How not to say Mass: Mass celebration between norm and practice
• 010086 FS [ en ] Current Research Questions in Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology

k) Dogmatics

• 010122 FS One God: monad or relationship? Theological approaches to the Trinity
• 010123 SE Crib and Cross. Incarnation and Passion - places of God's vulnerability?

l) Theological Ethics

• 010058 SE Departures and Resistances: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feminism and Religion
• 010067 FS [ en ] Intercultural Theological Ethics with a focus on African Ethicists
• 010072 SE Recognition and Gender Theory. Hegel and Butler

m) Canon Law

• 010016 SE The future of the church in a secular society - Challenges to canon law from processes of social transformation

n) Pastoral Theology

• 010021 SE Values and Value Formation: Current Opportunities and Challenges
• 010098 SE Seminar in Preaching
• 010112 FS Research Seminar Religious Education
• 600008 FS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Learning Ecumenism - Comparing the Catholic and Orthodox Tradition

o) Religious Pedagogics

• 010021 SE Values and Value Formation: Current Opportunities and Challenges
• 010112 FS Research Seminar Religious Education

Additional Courses

• 010103 UE Case solution on sacramental law