Master Study of Religions (800 [3] - Version 2025)

M1 History of Religions

Modern History of Religion: Lectures or Lectures with exercises

• 010014 VO 3 ECTS Basic Course Church History I
  Traxler, We 15:00-16:30 (15×)
• 010057 SE 5 ECTS Christian Pilgrimage. History, Places, Practices
  Prügl, Mo 16:45-18:15 (13×)
• 010065 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus on the Orthdodox Churches
  Németh, Mo 13:15-14:45 (13×)
• 010170 VU 5 ECTS [ en ] Religion in the USA
  Václavik
• 060017 VO 4 ECTS ( STEOP ) Introduction to Jewish Cultural History
  Davidowicz, Fr 11:00-12:30 (14×)
• 070037 UE 5 ECTS Course on Methodology - Measuring sanctity? Digital approaches to pre-modern religion, piety and sanctuaries
  Wallnig, Fr 15:00-16:30 (16×)
• 080070 VU 5 ECTS B220 Selected Field of Research: Ecology, Spirituality and spiritual ecology
  Kosnik, Fr 12:45-14:15 (7×), Fr 14:30-16:00 (7×)
• 141024 VU 4 ECTS Talismans and magic spells: - The so-called occult sciences in the Arab-Islamic world
  Wakelnig, Tu 15:00-16:30 (14×)
• 141192 VU 4 ECTS [ en ] Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses I
  Pantic, We 16:45-18:15 (15×)
• 142025 VO 5 ECTS ( MIXED ) One, Two, Many. Alternative Ontologies in Indian Philosophy
  Trikha, Tu 09:00-10:30 (13×)
• 142201 VO 5 ECTS Balancing Act Ayurveda: The Traditional Medicine of South Asia in the Past and Present
  Angermeier, Mo 15:30-17:00 (12×)
• 142208 UE 5 ECTS History and Characteristics of South Asian Islam
  Popp, Mo 16:15-17:45 (13×)
• 150036 VO 3 ECTS Religion in Japan
  Scheid, Th 11:30-13:00 (15×)

Ancient Religions: Lecture or Lecture with exercise

• 090089 PS 5 ECTS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Women and Religion in Late Antiquity
  Stafford, We 13:45-15:15 (16×)
• 133403 SE 7 ECTS Bachelor Seminar: (North) Germanic pagan religion - deities, myths, cults - Gottheiten, Mythen, Kulte
  Nedoma, We 13:15-14:45 (7×), Fr 23.01. 13:15-19:00
• 160195 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Archaeology of the celtic world
  Page, Fr 15:00-16:30 (16×)

Seminar

• 060046 SE 8 ECTS Of well-poisoners and world-destroyers: images of Jews under the sign of the monster
  Davidowicz, Mo 14:15-15:45 (13×)
• 090097 SE 8 ECTS ( ON-SITE ) Bishops, monks and ecclesiastics: religious authorities in Late Antiquity
  Hamarneh, Tu 14:00-15:30 (14×)
• 142221 SE 10 ECTS [ en ] Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia
  Larios, Th 14:30-16:00 (16×)

M2 Comparative Study of Religions

Lecture or Lectures with exercises

• 010076 VO 5 ECTS ( REMOTE ) Ethics of Religion
  Wurzrainer
• 010175 VU 5 ECTS Feminism and Religion(s)
  Albrecht, Fr 13:15-18:15 (2×), Sa 15.11. 09:45-14:45, Sa 29.11. 09:45-16:30

Seminars

• 010078 SE 8 ECTS Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
  Pokorny, We 09:45-13:00 (7×)
• 010182 SE 8 ECTS ( MIXED ) Illness, Healing, Medicine: Religion in Dealing with Epidemics
  Koppen, Fr 09:45-13:00 (2×), Fr 16.01. 13:15-18:15, Sa 17.01. 09:45-18:15

M3 Academic Study of Religious Texts

• 010084 UE 5 ECTS New Skin for the Old Mythology: Mythological Motifs in Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Popular Culture
  Hödl, We 09:45-13:00 (7×)

M4 Applied Study of Religions

Lecture with exercise

• 010047 EX 5 ECTS The Eastern Churches in Vienna
  Németh, We 16:45-18:15 (2×), We 12.11. 18:30-20:00, We 21.01. 16:45-20:00

Excursion or seminar or practical course

• 010080 EX 4 ECTS Religion in Focus: Scientology
  Pokorny
• 600005 SE 4 ECTS Research Seminar
  Pokorny, Tu 14.10. 15:00-20:00, We 12.11. 09:45-13:00, We 19.11. 15:00-18:15, We 15:00-20:00 (2×)

M5 Compulsory module: Social-Scientific Study of Religions

Lectures or Lectures with exercises

• 010088 VO 5 ECTS ( MIXED ) Introduction to the Psychology of Religion
  Unterrainer, Th 18:30-20:00 (15×)
• 010089 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
  Mattes-Zippenfenig, Th 13:15-14:45 (12×)

Seminar

• 010081 SE 8 ECTS [ en ] Religion and Politics: Basics and Current Issues
  Mattes-Zippenfenig
• 010177 SE 8 ECTS ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
  Lehmann, We 13:15-14:45 (15×)

M6 Research Seminar

• 010083 UE 5 ECTS Research Seminar
  Pokorny, Tu 11:30-13:00 (13×)