SPL 1 - Catholic Theology
1.01. Catholic Theology
- 010031 VO Hope after the End of Utopias? - Ringvorlesung
- 010092 VO Methods in Theology
1. Christian Philosophy
- 010052 VO Ethics I - introduction into philosophical ethics
- 010053 SE Cosmopolitanism - philosophical conceptions, past and present
- 010132 VO Ancient Philosophy
- 010138 VO Classics of Philosophical Thought
2. Social Ethics
- 010012 PS Basic Concepts of Anthropology and Ethics
- 010033 SE Ethics of Financial Markets
3. Science of Religion
- 010036 SE Medical Ethics in Religions
- 010037 VU Basic Principles of and Approaches to the Study of Religions
- 010043 VO Ritualtheorien
- 010080 VO Introduction to the general History of Religions
- 010082 VO Introduction to the History of Religions: main topic Islam
- 010087 VO Hindu-Religions: An Introduction
- 010326 PV Privatissimum - Privatissimum für Habilitanden, Doktoranden, Diplomanden und Interessierte
4. Old Testament Bible Studies
- 010002 VU Biblical Hebrew I
- 010006 VO Fundamental Exegesis of the Old Testament - The Books of Wisdom
- 010061 VO General Introduction to the Old Testament
- 010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
- 010078 VO Fundamental Exegesis of the Old Testament 1 - The Tora
- 010093 SE Biblical Archeology - Israel and Juda during the Iron Age
- 010096 VO Exegesis of the Old Testament
- 010111 SE Seminar: Prophetesses in the Old Testament
- 010125 SE Bible and contemplation
5. New Testament Bible Studies
- 010001 VO Introduction to the New Testament
- 010009 PV Research Seminar - for advanced and postgraduate students
- 010010 SE Seminar: Apocryphal Gospels
- 010136 VO Exegesis of the New Testament - Expectations of the future in the New Testament
- 010139 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
- 010140 VU New Testament Greek I
- 010142 VO Fundamental Exegesis of the New Testament I - Jesus - Johannine Literature
6. Ecclesiastical History
- 010008 SE Theories of Gender and Church History
- 010013 VO Church History Part III - The Church from the late Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightment
- 010014 VO Church History Compact I - A Survey of the History of the first Christian Millenium
- 010015 PV Doctoral Seminar - für Diplomanden und Dissertanten
- 010016 PV Privatissimum - Diplomands and Doctorands
- 010019 SE Specific subject didactics III - How to Teach History of Church
- 010021 SE Conciliarism and Church Reform in the Later Middle Ages
- 010044 SE Basics and methods of Church History - an introduction - Die Leisten zum Schustern - Einführung in Grundlagen und Techniken kirchenhistorischen Arbeitens.
- 010049 VO Debates of Religion in Contemporary Art
- 010074 PV Privatissimum - for Diplomands and Doctorands
- 010148 SE Church as cultural reality - Wahlfachkorb "Vermittlung kirchlichen Kulturerbes"
7. Patrology and Eastern Church Studies
- 010077 SE Selected Texts of the Philokalia
- 010079 PS Introduction Course: Academic Skills
- 010088 PV Privatissimum
- 010091 PS Introduction to Academic Work
- 010095 VO Ecumenical Theology I - Main Issues Around a Wounded Relationship - Catholic Perspectives
- 010305 VO Patrology I - Early Christian Literature
- 010307 VO Study of the Eastern Churches III - Spirituality of the Eastern Churches
8. Fundamental Theology
- 010003 VO Speaking about God today
- 010020 SE Doctoral school: Concepts of God and their ethical implications
- 010059 PV Postgraduate tutorial
- 010069 VO Fundamental theology I: Christian Religion and its Central Issues (lecture)
- 010095 VO Ecumenical Theology I - Main Issues Around a Wounded Relationship - Catholic Perspectives
- 010098 SE Hegel's Phänomenlogy of the Spirit
- 010109 PV Privatissimum für DiplomandInnen
- 010110 VO Introduction in Theology
- 010127 SE Paulus - Eschatology and Event in the Reception by Marquardt, Heidegger, Badiou and Agamben
9. Dogmatic Theology
- 010011 VO Ecumenical Theology II - Main Issues Around a Wounded Relationship - Catholic Perspectives
- 010056 SE The symbolism of evil
- 010057 SE Theology and Phenomenology - An Introduction into Their Relationship
- 010065 PV Privatissimum - Politics of Religion? Which Place for Dogmatic Theology in the European Public Square?
- 010095 VO Ecumenical Theology I - Main Issues Around a Wounded Relationship - Catholic Perspectives
- 010115 VO Dogmatics II - On God
- 010133 VO Dogmatics I: Theological Epistemology - On the Basis of the Holy Writings Witness
10. Spiritual Theology
- 010075 VO Science and Spirituality
- 010076 PV Research Seminar
- 010077 SE Selected Texts of the Philokalia
- 010089 SE Spirituality on Screen: Existential questions in films
11. Moral Theology
- 010004 PS Basic Texts: Ethics and Anthropology
- 010027 VO Applied Moral Theology - Ethics of Communication
- 010030 PV Current Topics of Applied Ethics - Aktuelle Themen der speziellen Moraltheologie
- 010032 SE Confession in times without sin?
- 010034 VO Applied Moral Theology II - Bioethics 1
- 010036 SE Medical Ethics in Religions
- 010038 VO Fundamental Theology for Teachers
- 010039 PS Basic Texts: Ethics and Anthropology
- 010060 PV Privatissimum - Aktuelle Fragen der Fundamentalmoral
- 010094 SE [ de en ] Biology-Medicine-Theology: Currrent Research Issues
- 010107 VO Applied Moral Theologie II for Teachers - Bioethics
12. Church Law
- 010050 VO The relationship between Church and State
- 010106 SE Aspects of ecumenism in canon law
- 010183 VO The office of sanctifying in the church
- 010184 PV The unity of the "sacra potestas"
13. Liturgical Science
- 010070 SE Liturgy and Modern Mass Media: "Rituals" and Liturgical Elements in Movies
- 010071 PS Introduction to Academic Work
- 010072 SE Music and Singing in Church Service - A Cultural History of Sacred Music
- 010085 VO Basics of Liturgical Studies I: Introduction to Liturgical Studies
- 010086 PV Privatissimum - Exclusive Tutorial for Graduate and Post-graduate Students
- 010170 VO Liturgical Studies and Theology of Sacraments I: Sacramental Celebrations I (except Eucharist)
14. Practical Theology
14.1. Pastoral Theology and Kerygmatics
- 010007 UE Conflict resolution
- 010017 VU Introduction into Homiletics
- 010023 VO Introduction to Pastoral Psychology
- 010024 SE Introduction to Pastoral Counseling
- 010025 PV Exclusive tutorial - for doctoral students and candidates for habilitation
- 010028 SE Ars celebrandi et praesidendi - the art of (religious) celebrating - or: celebrating God has to be learnt
- 010040 UE Introduction into homiletic Practice via learning by doing
- 010041 PV Exclusive tutorial - for students who are about to take their diploma
- 010042 PV Exclusive tutorial - for scholarship holders of the Pastoral Forum
- 010149 SE Religion in the Context of Migration
- 010150 SE Religion and Ethics in modern society: An Introduction
- 010164 VO Pastoral Theology I
- 010099 UE Compulsory Optional Subject: Personal Growth and Self-Experience
- 010100 UE Compulsory Optional Subject: Personal growth and self-experience IV- for theologians
14.2. Religious Pedagogy and Catechetics
- 010019 SE Specific subject didactics III - How to Teach History of Church
- 010041 PV Exclusive tutorial - for students who are about to take their diploma
- 010046 VO+UE Theory of religious education - General subject didactics
- 010047 SE Specific subject didactics IV - School As a Place of Memory: How to deal with the memory of teachers and pupils being driven out of Viennese secondary schools in 1938
- 010051 SE General subject didactics: Subject-didactical seminar accompanying the practical school training
- 010055 SE Specific subject didactics II - On Celebrating
- 010058 VO+UE Learning ecumenism
- 010063 PR Religious education in compulsory schools - Subject related traineeship in compulsory schools
- 010064 UE Writing Lab
- 010066 SE Subjective Theories of Religious Education
- 010081 PV Religious plurality - a challenge for Religious Education
- 010112 PR Religious education in compulsory schools: Counselling
- 010149 SE Religion in the Context of Migration
- 010299 SE General subject didactics: Methods and media in RE - Pain
- 010315 SE General subject didactics: Religious didactics in compulsory schools
- 010316 SE Specific subject didactics I - Bible didactics: Biblical didactics focusing on pictures
- 190397 SE Theory and practical experience of school development - Theory and Practice of Schoold Development and Religion
1.02. Science of Religion
A. Complementary Study Programmes (Minors)
EC Basics and Methods of Science of Religion
M1: Introduction to Science of Religion
- 010080 VO Introduction to the general History of Religions
- 020112 VO Introduction to Scientific Study of Religions - (Schwerpunkt systematisch-vergleichende Religionswissenschaft)
M2: Basics and Methods of Science of Religion
M3: Study of Theological Sources
EC Key Issues in the History of Religion
M1: Introduction to the History of Abrahamic Religions
M2: Introduction to the History of Religions of Indian Origin
- 010087 VO Hindu-Religions: An Introduction
B. Master Degree Programme in Science of Religion
1. Required Modules
M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion
- 020113 VO Compulsory Optional Subject: Introduction to Islam (Part 2)
- 090212 VO The religion of the Etruscans
- 130175 VO Literary Texts on Slavic and Baltic Heathenism - The Bride in the Backyard - Die grüne Wiese
- 140147 VO The Deities of Tibetan Folk Religion
- 150063 VO Religion in Japan
- 180190 VO Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
- 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun
M02: Special Courses in History of Religion
- 060053 UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt I
- 060060 SE Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
- 060066 SE Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
- 060074 SE Women in Antique Judaism
- 140119 UE Hinduism in the Diaspora
- 140251 SE Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
- 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam
M03: Comparative Systematic Science of Religion
- 010043 VO Ritualtheorien
M04: Applied Systematics
- 020115 SE Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
M05: Religion and Society
M06: Psychology of Religion
M07: Additional Subject Areas
- 010049 VO Debates of Religion in Contemporary Art
- 010050 VO The relationship between Church and State
- 030165 VO Global ethic and law - Lecture series in cooperation with "Austrian Global Ethic Initiative"
- 030392 VO Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria
- 140183 VO Political History of the Arab World (History of the Arabs in Classical Times 1)
- 180256 VO The Conception of God
- 180305 VO Zen and Philosophy - Philosophical Anthropology
M08: Reading Theological Texts
- 010010 SE Seminar: Apocryphal Gospels
- 010077 SE Selected Texts of the Philokalia
- 020062 UE Old Testament exegetical Exercises
- 140129 PS The Goddess Kali in Sanskrit Literature seen from the angle of the History of Religion - unter religionsgeschichtlichem Aspekt
- 140130 PS Readings in the Dharmasutras
- 140131 UE God Indra's Panic and Blood-Guilt - The Vrtra Fight and the Murder of Vishvarupa in Vedic Literature
- 140142 UE Reading Tibetan Texts I: Atisha's Lam sgron
- 140144 UE Reading Buddhist Texts II: Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha
- 140145 UE Reading Buddhist Texts IV: Emptiness and the Bodhisattva in the Prajnaparamita Literature
- 140148 UE Ritual Texts of Tibetan Folk Religion
M09: Recent Research Approaches
- 010008 SE Theories of Gender and Church History
M10: Science of Religion in Practice
2. Elective Modules
M12: Relevant Source Language
M13: Advanced Source Language
M14: Thesis Supervision
M15: Specialisation: History of Religion
- 010014 VO Church History Compact I - A Survey of the History of the first Christian Millenium
- 010082 VO Introduction to the History of Religions: main topic Islam
- 060060 SE Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
- 060063 VO The position of women in orthodox Judaism through the ages
- 060064 VO Introduction to Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
- 060066 SE Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
- 060068 VO Eva Frank, the female Messiah - History of the heretic Kabbalah
- 060073 VO The origins of antisemitism from antique until early medieval times
- 060121 VO Conflicts, pieces of wisdom and pernicketiness in Judaism
- 090212 VO The religion of the Etruscans
- 130175 VO Literary Texts on Slavic and Baltic Heathenism - The Bride in the Backyard - Die grüne Wiese
- 140042 UE Islam in Media
- 140128 VO Hinduism - One Religion or Many?
- 140295 VO Introduction into Modern Discussions in Islam
- 150063 VO Religion in Japan
- 180190 VO Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
- 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun
M16: Specialisation: Systematics
- 010036 SE Medical Ethics in Religions
- 010043 VO Ritualtheorien
- 020115 SE Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research
M18: Advanced History of Religion
- 010021 SE Conciliarism and Church Reform in the Later Middle Ages
- 060060 SE Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
- 060066 SE Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
- 060074 SE Women in Antique Judaism
- 140251 SE Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
- 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam
M19: Advanced Methodology
- 010044 SE Basics and methods of Church History - an introduction - Die Leisten zum Schustern - Einführung in Grundlagen und Techniken kirchenhistorischen Arbeitens.
M20: Advanced Systematics
- 010036 SE Medical Ethics in Religions
- 020115 SE Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
M21: Advanced Subject Area
- 010066 SE Subjective Theories of Religious Education
- 010149 SE Religion in the Context of Migration
- 020114 SE Salam and Jihad - Historical and Contemporary Concepts of Peace and Violence in Islam
- 020118 SE Advances Seminar on Texts and Monuments of late Antiquity
- 020119 SE Icon and Cult Image in Christianity
- 020124 SE The Act on Protestant Churches 1961, in the Context of Debates on State-Church Relations
- 030052 SE Law of Christian East - Legal History in Art
- 140127 SE Islamic Law
- 140152 SE Universals in Buddhist Philosophy
M22: Advanced Reading
C. Individual Degree Programme in Science of Religion
1. Introduction to Science of Religion
1.1. Introduction to History of Religion
1.2. Introduction to Comparative Systematic Science of Religion
- 020112 VO Introduction to Scientific Study of Religions - (Schwerpunkt systematisch-vergleichende Religionswissenschaft)
1.3. Proseminar: Basics of Science of Religion
1.4. Study of Theological Sources
- 010061 VO General Introduction to the Old Testament
- 010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
- 010001 VO Introduction to the New Testament
- 010139 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
- 010305 VO Patrology I - Early Christian Literature
- 020073 VO New Testament Exegesis - Exegesis of the Acts of the Apostles
- 060097 VO [ en ] Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls
1.5. Reading Theological Texts
- 010010 SE Seminar: Apocryphal Gospels
- 010077 SE Selected Texts of the Philokalia
- 020062 UE Old Testament exegetical Exercises
- 020075 VU Old Testament Exegesis - Exegesis of selected Psalms
- 140129 PS The Goddess Kali in Sanskrit Literature seen from the angle of the History of Religion - unter religionsgeschichtlichem Aspekt
- 140130 PS Readings in the Dharmasutras
- 140131 UE God Indra's Panic and Blood-Guilt - The Vrtra Fight and the Murder of Vishvarupa in Vedic Literature
- 140142 UE Reading Tibetan Texts I: Atisha's Lam sgron
- 140144 UE Reading Buddhist Texts II: Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha
- 140145 UE Reading Buddhist Texts IV: Emptiness and the Bodhisattva in the Prajnaparamita Literature
- 140148 UE Ritual Texts of Tibetan Folk Religion
1.6. Methodology, 2nd Stage of the Degree Programme
- 010008 SE Theories of Gender and Church History
- 010044 SE Basics and methods of Church History - an introduction - Die Leisten zum Schustern - Einführung in Grundlagen und Techniken kirchenhistorischen Arbeitens.
- 010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
- 010093 SE Biblical Archeology - Israel and Juda during the Iron Age
- 010139 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods
- 140043 VO Islamic Gender Studies (Women in Arab Society and Culture 1)
- 150002 UE Methods in Korean Studies I with an Emphasis on the Sociology of Religion
- 240112 VO+KO Einführung in Theorien und Methoden der Gender Studies
- 240121 VO Einführung in Theorien und Methoden der Genderforschung in den Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften
- 190200 SE Qualitative methods in the social research - Biographic case analyses
2. History of Religion
2.1. Contemporary Religions
- 010014 VO Church History Compact I - A Survey of the History of the first Christian Millenium
- 010082 VO Introduction to the History of Religions: main topic Islam
- 020113 VO Compulsory Optional Subject: Introduction to Islam (Part 2)
- 010087 VO Hindu-Religions: An Introduction
- 060064 VO Introduction to Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
- 140128 VO Hinduism - One Religion or Many?
- 150063 VO Religion in Japan
- 180190 VO Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
- 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun
2.2. Special Courses in History of Religion
- 060060 SE Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
- 060063 VO The position of women in orthodox Judaism through the ages
- 060066 SE Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
- 060068 VO Eva Frank, the female Messiah - History of the heretic Kabbalah
- 060073 VO The origins of antisemitism from antique until early medieval times
- 060074 SE Women in Antique Judaism
- 060093 VO+UE 'Collectors' and Rebels: The Haskalah in Central Europe
- 060094 VO+UE Buber, Fromm, Heschel - prophets of the jewish "counter-culture"
- 060121 VO Conflicts, pieces of wisdom and pernicketiness in Judaism
- 140042 UE Islam in Media
- 140119 UE Hinduism in the Diaspora
- 140147 VO The Deities of Tibetan Folk Religion
- 140251 SE Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
- 140295 VO Introduction into Modern Discussions in Islam
- 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam
2.3. Historical Religions
- 060053 UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt I
- 090212 VO The religion of the Etruscans
- 130175 VO Literary Texts on Slavic and Baltic Heathenism - The Bride in the Backyard - Die grüne Wiese
3. Comparative Systematic Science of Religion
- 010036 SE Medical Ethics in Religions
- 010043 VO Ritualtheorien
- 020115 SE Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - Dharma, Dhamma, Din und Dat = "Religion"? - The of equivalence problem of the Western term "religion" in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
4. Sub- and Bridge Disciplines
4.1. Science of Mission and Theology of Religion
4.2. Political Dimensions of Religions
- 020114 SE Salam and Jihad - Historical and Contemporary Concepts of Peace and Violence in Islam
- 140072 KU Religions and Politics in Nigeria in the 20th Century
- 140183 VO Political History of the Arab World (History of the Arabs in Classical Times 1)
- 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun
4.3. Didactics of Religions
- 010066 SE Subjective Theories of Religious Education
- 010149 SE Religion in the Context of Migration
- 020109 UE Compulsory Optional Subject: Bible stories in Religious Education - Methods and options
4.4. Aesthetics of Religions
- 010049 VO Debates of Religion in Contemporary Art
- 020118 SE Advances Seminar on Texts and Monuments of late Antiquity
- 020119 SE Icon and Cult Image in Christianity
- 080062 UE Aniconism and Iconoclasm in monotheistic religions
- 140157 PS [ en ] Origin and Development of Buddhist Iconography: Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Disciples and Followers
4.5. Ethnology of Religion
- 240053 VS Migration and Religion
- 240055 VS Contested sacred grounds - the perspectives of Anthropology of law and religion
- 240071 VO [ de en ] Power, Politics and Religion: The Case of Vodun
4.6. Philosophy of Religion
- 140152 SE Universals in Buddhist Philosophy
- 180190 VO Introduction to Chinese Thought - Mencius and Xun Zi. Chinese Buddhism
- 180256 VO The Conception of God
- 180257 SE The question on god
- 180305 VO Zen and Philosophy - Philosophical Anthropology
- 180373 SE Darwin and the "new" atheism
- 180415 SE Thinking heretically with Meister Eckhart
4.7. Psychology of Religion
4.8. Law of Religions
- 010050 VO The relationship between Church and State
- 020124 SE The Act on Protestant Churches 1961, in the Context of Debates on State-Church Relations
- 030052 SE Law of Christian East - Legal History in Art
- 030136 KU Der Koran als prophetische Auslegung der Welt
- 030165 VO Global ethic and law - Lecture series in cooperation with "Austrian Global Ethic Initiative"
- 030359 KU Famous church processes in the Middle Ages - vertiefende Lehrveranstaltung gem. § 21 (3) Stp
- 030392 VO Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria
- 140127 SE Islamic Law
4.9. Sociology of Religion
- 150002 UE Methods in Korean Studies I with an Emphasis on the Sociology of Religion
- 010150 SE Religion and Ethics in modern society: An Introduction
5. Practical Training, Excursions
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