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

• 010150 SE Religion and Ethics in modern society: An Introduction

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 020091 VO Religion as Experience: Introduction to the 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