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

M1 History of Religions

Modern History of Religion: Lectures or Lectures with exercises

• 010085 VU 5 ECTS [ en ] Lecture with exercises to modern History of Religion
  Ciolkosz, Fr 24.04. 08:00-18:15, Sa 25.04. 08:00-18:15
• 010093 SE 5 ECTS [ en ] Judaism in Europe
  Katz-Wilfing, We 18:30-20:00 (15×)
• 010101 VU 5 ECTS [ en ] Christianity in the USA
  Ciciliot, Fr 09:45-14:45 (2×), Sa 09:45-14:45 (2×)
• 010170 VU 5 ECTS Islam in Austria
  Mattes-Zippenfenig, Mo 09:45-11:15 (13×)
• 142052 PS 5 ECTS Manuscripts, Prints, and Painted Scrolls - Sources for the Study of Tibetan Buddhism
  Rheingans, Mo 14:00-15:30 (14×)
• 142077 PS 5 ECTS Nepal's Stolen Gods Return - Recent Controversies in the Restitution of Cultural Heritage from the Himalayas
  Viehbeck, Mo 11:00-12:30 (14×)
• 142125 PS 5 ECTS Sexuality and Femininity in Indian Esoteric Buddhism
  Schott, We 14:00-15:30 (14×)

Ancient Religions: Lecture or Lecture with exercise

• 010087 VU 5 ECTS [ en ] Introduction to the Religions of Ancient Mesoamerica
  Kosticová, Fr 17.04. 08:00-18:15, Sa 18.04. 08:00-18:15
• 090100 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Lecture Series: Religious Communities and Manuscript Cultures on the Medieval Silk Road
  Rapp, Fr 16:45-18:15 (13×)
• 090106 VO 5 ECTS Byzantium and the Islamic world
  Montinaro, Tu 10:45-12:15 (13×)
• 142137 PS 5 ECTS From Dharma to Moksa: Ethics, the Meaning of Life, and Paths to Liberation in Classical India
  Mirnig, We 10:30-12:00 (13×)
• 142666 PS 5 ECTS We Humans and Nature in Pre-Modern Hindu Traditions
  Scarabel, Tu 11:00-13:00 (12×)

Seminar

• 010089 SE 8 ECTS Religions of the Silk Road
  Maurer, We 09:45-13:00 (7×)
• 060003 SE 8 ECTS The Geonim as Intermediaries: Jewish Learning between Talmudic Tradition and the Medieval World
  Ariel, Fr 06.03. 13:30-15:00, Fr 13:30-18:00 (5×)
• 060016 SE 8 ECTS Jewish object cultures
  Heimann-Jelinek, Mo 11:00-12:30 (12×)
• 060032 SE 8 ECTS The Jew as vampire: On the genesis and function of an anti-Semitic stereotype
  Davidowicz, Mo 14:15-15:45 (14×)
• 141212 SE 8 ECTS [ en ] A History of Modern Jihad, 1924-2014 c.a.
  Benazzo, Tu 11:30-13:00 (15×)
• 142157 SE 10 ECTS [ en ] Popular Hinduism: Material Religion in South Asia
  Larios, Th 13:30-15:00 (12×)

M2 Comparative Study of Religions

Lecture or Lectures with exercises

• 010062 VU 5 ECTS New Religions
  Pokorny, We 09:45-13:00 (7×)
• 010076 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] ( MIXED ) Becoming God: Human Deification in the History of Religions
  Roubekas, Th 15:00-16:30 (11×)

Seminars

• 010165 SE 8 ECTS Ontological Gender Orders? - Sex and Gender in Western Science, European Esotericism, and Chinese Daoism
  Mrugalla Kalmbacher, Fr 27.03. 13:15-16:45, Fr 12.06. 09:45-18:15, Sa 13.06. 09:45-18:15
• 010182 SE 8 ECTS [ en ] Classical and Modern Theories of Religion
  Roubekas, We 18:30-20:00 (15×)

M3 Academic Study of Religious Texts

• 010058 UE 5 ECTS Reading Sources in the Study of Religions
  Heidl, Mo 11:30-13:00 (15×)
• 010063 UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] Key Works in the Social Scientific Research on Religion
  Mattes-Zippenfenig, Mo 13:15-14:45 (12×)

M4 Applied Study of Religions

Lecture with exercise

• 010069 UE 5 ECTS The Study of Religions in the Context of School and Teaching
  Wurzrainer, Th 05.03. 09:45-11:15, Fr 20.03. 13:15-14:45, Sa 11:30-16:30 (2×), Fr 12.06. 13:15-20:00

Excursion or seminar or practical course

• 010078 SE 8 ECTS ( KPH-W-NÖ ) The Study of Religions as a Profession
  Lehmann
• 010080 EX 4 ECTS Religion in Focus: Ayurveda
  Pokorny
• 600005 SE 4 ECTS Research Seminar
  Pokorny

M5 Compulsory module: Social-Scientific Study of Religions

Lectures or Lectures with exercises

• 010072 VU 5 ECTS Selected Chapters of Psychology of Religion
  Unterrainer
• 010095 VU 5 ECTS [ en ] Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion
  Mano, Mo 16:45-20:00 (4×), Th 16:45-20:00 (2×)
• 020040 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] ( MIXED ) VO: Law and Religion in Europe
  Kowatsch, Th 16:45-18:15 (12×)

Seminar

• 010077 SE 8 ECTS Coming of Age in Different Religions: Comparing Concepts of Childhood, Youth and Adulthood - Konzepte von Kindheit, Jugend und Erwachsenenalter im Vergleich
  Limacher, Tu 13:15-14:45 (16×)
• 010162 SE 2 ECTS ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Seminar to Social-Scientific Study of Religions
  Lehmann

M6 Research Seminar

• 010074 UE 5 ECTS Research Seminar
  Pokorny, Tu 11:30-13:00 (15×)