B. Master Degree Programme in Science of Religion

1. Required Modules

M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion

• 010068 VO Study of the Eastern Churches - Survey of the Relationships between Eastern and Western Churches throughout the centuries
• 010141 VO Religious Movements of the 19th Century - Spiritism, Occultism, Theosophy and the Influence of Mesmerism
• 020039 VO The Life of Muhammad According to Ibn Ishaq and its Relevance for Muslims Today
• 060066 VO+UE Jews under Islam 2
• 060070 VO The Kabbalah
• 090050 VO Social Behaviour and Religion in Ancient Greece.
• 140147 VO The Development of Buddhist Tantra
• 140374 VO Islamic (Sufi) movements on the Indian subcontinent until the end of the Delhi-Sultanat

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

• 010134 SE World Religions and Secularisation - New Concepts
• 060053 VO+UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt I
• 140149 SE The 84 Mahasiddhas
• 140315 SE Dharmakirtis Hetubindu 1
• 140327 SE dGe 'dun chos 'phel: Life and Works

M03: Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

• 010087 VO Death and Afterlife: Religious Traditions and Modernity
• 010179 VO Symbol, Sign, Ritual. Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion

M04: Applied Systematics

• 010135 SE Afterlife: Concepts and Actual Beliefs

M05: Religion and Society

M06: Psychology of Religion

• 190208 VO M6: Introduction to the Psychology of Religion

M07: Additional Subject Areas

• 010105 VO The Constitution of the Church
• 010120 SE Seminar
• 010122 VO God and ethics in the passing of nihilism
• 010161 VO Being Church in mission II. The Contextuality of Mission in History and Present Time
• 020034 VO Introduction to the Law of Religions and Churches
• 030392 VO Freedom of Religion and belief in Austria
• 090064 VO Body Language in Early Christian Art
• 140127 SE Islamic Law
• 140315 SE Dharmakirtis Hetubindu 1
• 140327 SE dGe 'dun chos 'phel: Life and Works

M08: Reading Theological Texts

• 010011 SE Texts- Places - Memory Landscapes. The Holy Land in the New Testament and in Early Christian Times
• 020013 SE Unimposing (Biblical) Texts - Serious (Historical) Impact
• 140091 SE Hastisailamahatmya - The legend of the origin of the Varadarajasvami temple in Kanchi
• 140130 UE Candrakirti's Commentary on Aryadeva's Catuhsataka
• 140146 UE Selected readings in Sutra-Texts from the Kanjur
• 140153 UE Readings in 'Jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas' gZhan stong dbu ma chen po'i Ita khrid
• 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam
• 140315 SE Dharmakirtis Hetubindu 1
• 140371 UE Readings in the Vaisesikasutra with Candrananda's Commentary II
• 140373 SE Bhasarvajna's Nyayabhusana II
• 150002 UE Methods in Korean Studies I: Analysis of Confucian and Buddhist Texts
• 180347 SE Augustine, Confessiones
• 180348 SE Anselm, Proslogion

M09: Recent Research Approaches

• 010155 SE [ en ] Cognitive Science of Religion

M10: Science of Religion in Practice

• 010137 SE+EX Religious Worlds and the Body
• 020040 SE+EX Jerusalem as a Holy Place for Several Religions

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

• 020038 UE Basic Communication in Arabic for students of Theology and Studies of Religions
• 020062 UE Communication in Arabic (Arabic II) for students of Theology and Studies of Religions - für TheologInnen und ReligionswissenschaftlerInnen

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

• 010014 VO Church History Compact I - The First Christian Millenium - Von der jüdischen Erneuerungsbewegung zu Universalansprüchen römischer Päpste
• 020039 VO The Life of Muhammad According to Ibn Ishaq and its Relevance for Muslims Today
• 060027 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Modern Period 2
• 060059 VO The unity of the torah - the oral and written law
• 060073 SE Wisdom and Absurdity - The Book of Qohelet and the Crisis of Wisdom Thought
• 140042 UE Media Islam
• 140251 SE Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
• 140295 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

M18: Advanced History of Religion

• 060073 SE Wisdom and Absurdity - The Book of Qohelet and the Crisis of Wisdom Thought
• 140251 SE Islamic Themes from Former Times (Seminar on Classical Islam)
• 140295 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam

M19: Advanced Methodology

• 010093 PS Introduction to the Basics of Women Studies and Gender Studies
• 010156 SE Highly topical: Eastern and Central Europe - Religiöse und kirchliche Entwicklungen im Spiegelbild der neuesten Forschungen

M20: Advanced Systematics

• 010135 SE Afterlife: Concepts and Actual Beliefs

M21: Advanced Subject Area

• 010120 SE Seminar
• 030052 SE Law of Christian East - Church-Nation-State
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law - Womens Rights and cultural identy
• 030511 SE Religionsfreiheit im Spannungsverhältnis zu anderen Grundrechten (Judikaturseminar) - (auch für DiplomandInnen und DissertantInnen)
• 180264 SE Ethics and Philosophy of Religion - Friedrich Nietzsche

M22: Advanced Reading