Bachelor Religious Education (Emphasis: Religious Studies) (195 [7] - Version 2017)

BRP 01 Introductory and Orientation Period (5 ECTS)

BRP 02 Introductory and Orientation Period (10 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE STEOP I Introduction Theology and Study of Religions (lectures)
• 010075 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to Comparative Religion
• 010110 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Catholic Theology I
• 020026 VO-L ( MIXED ) STEOP: Theological Encyclopedia
• 020027 PS Introduction to scientific working

Accompanying course for the STEOP in Theology

• 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

BRP 03 Introduction to the History of Religion (10 ECTS)

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

BRP 04rwb Introduction to the Study of Writtem Sources (10 ECTS)

• 010071 PS Exegetical methods
• 010084 UE New Skin for the Old Mythology: Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture
• 060003 SE Jewish Narratives: Textual Analysis and Interpretation

BRP 05rwb Introduction to Religious Studies (9 ECTS)

• 010078 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010182 SE ( MIXED ) Illness, Healing, Medicine: Religion in Dealing with Epidemics

BRP 06rwb Basics of Philosophy 1 (6 ECTS)

• 010107 VO Medieval philosophy
• 010132 VO Ancient Philosophy

BRP 07rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 1 (10 ECTS)

• 142012 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Indology
• 142020 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Buddhist and Tibetan Studies

BRP 08rwb Basics of Philosophy 1 (6 ECTS)

BRP 09rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions 1 (9 ECTS)

a) Introduction to Christianity

• 010111 VO ( MIXED ) Introducing Christianity

b) Compulsory Electives

• 010170 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 060021 VO Jewish Cultural History in the Ancient Period
• 060025 VO History of Rabbinical Literature and Culture
• 141024 VU Talismans and magic spells: - The so-called occult sciences in the Arab-Islamic world
• 141192 VU [ en ] Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses I

BRP 10rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions 2 (15 ECTS)

• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 020047 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) VO Religion and Society
• 060084 VO ( REMOTE ) Egyptian Religion
• 142201 VO Balancing Act Ayurveda: The Traditional Medicine of South Asia in the Past and Present
• 142204 VO Mindfulness - The Buddha's Gift to the World - An Exploration across Indian and Tibetan Traditions
• 142209 UE Cultural Heritage of Nepal: On the Trail of Sanskrit Inscriptions
• 150036 VO Religion in Japan

BRP 11rwb Applied Religious Studies (10 ECTS)

• 010047 EX The Eastern Churches in Vienna
• 010077 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Learning ecumenism and ecumenical reconnaissances: Vienna
• 010080 EX Religion in Focus: Scientology

BRP 12rwb Interreligious Education (12 ECTS)

• 010041 SE Specific subject didactics
• 010042 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Ethical Education - In consideration of primary level
• 010052 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Subject Didactics in Compulsory Schools / Adult Education
• 010085 PR ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Subject related traineeship in compulsory schools/Adult Education

BRP 13rwb Gender Studies and Religion (8 ECTS)

• 010058 SE Departures and Resistances: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feminism and Religion
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)

BRP 14rwb Alternative Compulsory Modules (15 ECTS)

a) BRP 14rwb a Source Languages (15 ECTS)

• 010003 VO Biblical Hebrew I
• 060087 VO ( STEOP ) Middle Egyptian I

b) BRP 14rwb b Advanced Course: Religious Studies (15 ECTS)

• 010044 SE Icons - Fundamentals, Approaches, Practice
• 010078 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010182 SE ( MIXED ) Illness, Healing, Medicine: Religion in Dealing with Epidemics
• 060022 SE The "Neo-Ufa" - Jewish lifeworlds in contemporary German feature films
• 060032 SE ( REMOTE ) Images of Antisemitism
• 060046 SE Of well-poisoners and world-destroyers: images of Jews under the sign of the monster
• 070037 UE Course on Methodology - Measuring sanctity? Digital approaches to pre-modern religion, piety and sanctuaries
• 080070 VU B220 Selected Field of Research: Ecology, Spirituality and spiritual ecology
• 090097 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bishops, monks and ecclesiastics: religious authorities in Late Antiquity
• 133403 SE Bachelor Seminar: (North) Germanic pagan religion - deities, myths, cults - Gottheiten, Mythen, Kulte
• 142216 SE [ en ] Adivasi and Dalit Literary Movements in India
• 142221 SE [ en ] Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia

BRP 15rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 2 (11 ECTS)

• 060017 VO ( STEOP ) Introduction to Jewish Cultural History
• 141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

BRP 16rwb Anthropology and Social Science (16 ECTS)

• 010081 SE [ en ] Religion and Politics: Basics and Current Issues
• 010105 VO Basic Course Philosophical Anthropology
• 010170 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 010177 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion

BRP 17rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions and Comparative Religion (13 ECTS)

a) Compulsory Courses

1. Seminar in History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010012 SE How not to say Mass: Mass celebration between norm and practice
• 060022 SE The "Neo-Ufa" - Jewish lifeworlds in contemporary German feature films
• 060032 SE ( REMOTE ) Images of Antisemitism
• 060046 SE Of well-poisoners and world-destroyers: images of Jews under the sign of the monster
• 090097 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bishops, monks and ecclesiastics: religious authorities in Late Antiquity
• 133403 SE Bachelor Seminar: (North) Germanic pagan religion - deities, myths, cults - Gottheiten, Mythen, Kulte
• 142209 UE Cultural Heritage of Nepal: On the Trail of Sanskrit Inscriptions
• 142216 SE [ en ] Adivasi and Dalit Literary Movements in India
• 142221 SE [ en ] Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia

2. Seminar in Comparative-Systematical Religious Studies (5 ECTS)

• 010078 SE Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
• 010182 SE ( MIXED ) Illness, Healing, Medicine: Religion in Dealing with Epidemics

b) Alternative Compulsory Courses

• 010170 VU [ en ] Religion in the USA
• 010175 VU Feminism and Religion(s)
• 070037 UE Course on Methodology - Measuring sanctity? Digital approaches to pre-modern religion, piety and sanctuaries
• 080070 VU B220 Selected Field of Research: Ecology, Spirituality and spiritual ecology