Universität Wien

6. Study of Religions

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1. Introduction to the Study of Religions

1.1. Introduction to History of Religions

010084 VO Study of Religions I: Introduction into the History of Religion - Thematic priority Buddhism

020117 VO Introduction to the Scientific Study of Religions - (Emphasis on the Development and History of Religions)

1.2. Introduction to Comparative religion

1.3. Methodology of the Study of Religions

010177 PS Introduction into the Methods of the Study of Religions

010180 PS Introduction into the Method of the Study of Religions

1.4. Textual Sources: Introductory Course

010001 VO Introduction to the New Testament I - Synoptic Gospels

010010 VO Fundamental Exegesis of the New Testament II - Paul and His Letters

010178 VO The Word is spread over all the World. The missionary concept behind the missionary work throughout

060060 VO Introduction to Rabbinic Literature

140409 SE Exploration of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon

1.5. Textual Sources: Reading Course

010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods

020061 VO+UE Exegesis of Capita Selecta from the Book of Esther

020062 VO+UE Exegesis of Capita Selecta from the Book of Esther

020063 UE Exercise in Exegesis of Hebrew Bible Texts

020074 UE Apocryphal Gospels

060059 UE Mishnah

060065 VO+UE The Book "Bahir" - A book of early Kabbalah

060086 UE Translation of Selected Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls

090039 KO Conv.: Myths of Creation, Pagan a. Christian - Conversatorium: Myths of Creation, Pagan and Christian

140063 UE Buddhist Texts IV: An Introduction into the Terminology of Buddhist Logic

140068 UE Tibetan Texts III: Selected Jatakas from Rang byung rdo rje's Skyes rabs brgya pa

140069 UE Tibetan Texts I: Selected Passages on the History of Buddhism

140247 SE Seminar on Modern Islamic Studies: Criticism of the Wahhabi Movement

140320 UE Buddhist Texts II: Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara, Chapter 9

140351 PS Goddesses in the Epic and Puranic Literature

140363 PS Readings in the Bhagavadgita

140371 PS Class and Caste according to Brahminical Orthodoxy (Readings in Dharmashastra)

140377 PS The Gathas of the Jataka and their Veyyakarana

1.6. Advanced Methodology

020119 SE Theory of Science of the Study of Religions - according to Joachim Wach's "Religionswissenschaft. Prolegomena zu ihrer wissenschaftstheoretischen Grundlegung", Leipzig 1924 ( = "Introduction to the History of Religions", translated and edited by Kitagawa, J.M./Alles, G.D.: New York/London 1988).

140351 PS Goddesses in the Epic and Puranic Literature

140517 UE Methods and Theory of Gender Studies - Introduction into the Methods and Theory of Gender Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities

140518 VO Introduction: methods/ theory of gender studies - Introduction into the methods and theory of gender studies in the social sciences and humanities

180316 VO Basic concepts of Cognitive Science: Foundations, Models and Paradigms in Cognitive Science

180324 SE [de en] Introduction to Cognitive Science I

2. History of Religions

2.1. Contemporary Religions

010014 VO Church History Compact I - A Survey of the History of the first Christian Millenium

010029 VO Study of the Eastern Churches I - Introduction to the Oriental-Orthodox Churches

010109 VO Introduction to Judaism (lecture)

010167 SE Hindu Tantrism. Basic Elements and Terms

010179 VO African Religions

020120 VO Introduction to Islam

150025 PS Basic training in research and paper writing I: History and religion

150127 PS Religious Traditions of East Asia

150167 SE [en] GG 430 Religion in China

2.2. Specialised Courses

020118 SE Muslims in Hospitals

060063 VO Daily life in traditional Judaism

060066 VO History and Culture of the Jews in Eastern Europe

060068 UE Reading Class: Introduction to History, Culture and Religion of Judaism 1 - (Second Temple)

060073 VO [en] Ancient Mysteries Revealed - Jewish Apocalypticism Between Science and Cultural Identity

060093 VO+UE Martin Buber and Judaism

060097 VO Introduction to History, Culture and Religion of Judaism 1 - (Second Temple)

060101 VO History of the Jews in Spain 1

090149 VO Introduction to the history of the Christian Orient pt. I: Syria, Egypt

140127 VO Islamic Law

140243 SE Seminar on Classical Islamic Studies: Ibn al-Arabi

140247 SE Seminar on Modern Islamic Studies: Criticism of the Wahhabi Movement

140251 SE Islamic Theology and Philosophy, 1250-1850

140284 UE Islamic Criminal History 1

140295 VO+UE Political Theory and Social Philosophy in Islam 1

140308 SE Islam in South and South East Asia

140334 VO [en] Deities of landscape

140343 VO Representations of Caste

140344 PS Introduction to the History of Hindu Nationalism (Hindutva)

140345 PS Social Reform, Politics or Religion? Ambedkar and the Buddhist Conversion Movement in India

140348 PS Representations of Caste

140351 PS Goddesses in the Epic and Puranic Literature

140372 SE Central Problems of Sankhya Philosophy as Treated in the Yuktidipika (Phil.-Rel. SE)

140374 VO Islamic (Sufi) Movements on the Indian Subcontinent until the End of the Delhi Sultanat

140408 VO Tantric Literatur and Arts

140409 SE Exploration of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon

2.3. Historical (extinct) Religions

060053 UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt I

090049 VO Cults and Sanctuaries in Ancient Thessaly

090050 SE Topography and Archaeology of panhellenic Sanctuaries

090106 VO Religion in Ancient Greece

3. Comparative Religion

010174 SE Seminar: Interreligious Marriages

010175 SE Seminar: Violence and Non-violence in World Religions

010176 SE Spiritual Care: plurireligious

010181 VO Interreligious meeting in present-day India. Thematic priority Islam

4. Approaches to the Study of Religions

4.1. Missionary Studies, Theology of Religions

010145 SE Meditation in 20th Century Christianity. Philosophical & Theological Perspectives

010178 VO The Word is spread over all the World. The missionary concept behind the missionary work throughout

140487 VO+UE History of missions in Africa

4.2. Political Theory of Religions

140343 VO Representations of Caste

140344 PS Introduction to the History of Hindu Nationalism (Hindutva)

140345 PS Social Reform, Politics or Religion? Ambedkar and the Buddhist Conversion Movement in India

140348 PS Representations of Caste

4.3. Didactics of Religions

4.4. Aesthetics of Religion

080014 VO The Taj Mahal in the Indian and Islamic architectural traditions

080016 VO Introduction to the Buddhist monastic art of India and Tibet

080022 UE Tutorial to the Lecture "Introduction to the Buddhist monastic art of India and Tibet"

080143 VO Coptic Medieval Church-Architecture

080146 VO Iconography of the Old Testament in the Middle Ages

090034 SE Interaction of two persons depicted in Early Christian fine arts

090055 VO The art of painting in Early Christian culture

090059 PS How to describe, analyse and interpret works of Early Christian fine arts

150266 SE SE LK 420 Buddhist Art and Archaeology of China

4.5. Cultural Anthropology of Religion

4.6. Philosophy of Religion

010145 SE Meditation in 20th Century Christianity. Philosophical & Theological Perspectives

010148 VO Philosophical Theology

010163 SE Traditional Arguments for the existence of God ("Gottesbeweise") and their Critique

140251 SE Islamic Theology and Philosophy, 1250-1850

140315 SE Dharmottara's Explanation of Dharmakirti's Proof of Momentariness

140372 SE Central Problems of Sankhya Philosophy as Treated in the Yuktidipika (Phil.-Rel. SE)

180238 SE The question on god

180255 VO The Conception of God

180275 VO Fichte's Philosophy of Religion

180276 SE Kant's Treatise of Religion

180278 SE Ethics and Philosophy of Religion - Rosenzweig - The Star of Redemption

4.7. Psychology of Religion

4.8. Religion and Law

010174 SE Seminar: Interreligious Marriages

010184 VO History of the Matrimonial Law of the Church

020108 SE Religious law in Austria - Churches and schools-Religious education and confessional private schools in Austrian legal order

030052 SE Law of Chrstian East - The churches in the area of the former Sowjet Union (20th/21st. cent.)

030359 KU Famous church processes from the 16th century to Josef Ratzinger - vertiefende Lehrveranstaltung gem. § 21 (3) Stp

030392 VO Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria

030668 SE Religion - Art - Law

140127 VO Islamic Law

4.9. Sociology of Religion

5. Applied Study of Religions

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