1.02. Study of Religions

060088 VO+UE [en] History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Midrash; Mishnah, and Talmud: An Introduction into Rabbinic Literature with text-examples

2. Christianity

010065 VO Introduction to the Orthodox Church(es)

010223 VO Church History Compact II - A Survey of the History of the second Christian Millenium

020018 VO-L History of the Early Church

020062 VO Church Fathers, Life and Times

3. Islam

140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

140077 VO [de en] Gender Studies / Islamic World

140127 VO Islam in Asia outside the Arab World

140314 VO Religions and Institutions in the Near East

140373 VO Cultural History of the Arab World

4. Religions of Indian Origin

010061 VO Lecture on Key Issues in History of Religion: Yoga in past and present

140147 VO The History of Buddhism in Tibet

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

060005 VO+UE Introduction into the Religion of Ancient Egypt

090121 VO Gods and Men in the Aegean Bronze Age

090122 VO Greek Sanctuaries

140316 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Kushite Empire

7. Others

M02: Special Courses in History of Religion

1. Judaism

020064 SE The jewish settlement movement. History, religious, social and ethnic backgrounds.

2. Christianity

020009 SE Introduction to the Christianity in India

020049 SE Problems in the history of early christianity - Seminary: Conflicts with opponents in late New Testament scriptures

3. Islam

140039 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam

140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

140062 SE Seminar on Classical Islam - (Klassisch-arabisches islamwissenschaftliches Seminar)

140078 SE Seminar on Modern Islam

190323 SE M5: Religious Science and Philosophical Studies - Scientific Studies of religions in Islam?

4. Religions of Indian Origin

010080 BA Buddhist and European Ethics

010082 BA Modern South - Indian Mystics

140123 PS Pilgrimage Practices in South Asia

140141 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Primary Sources

140144 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Modern Research

140148 PS Mountain Cult and Religious Geography in Dolpo (Nepal)

140177 PS Religious Experience in Hinduism

140400 PS Religious Syncretism in Bengal

5. East-Asian Religions

6. Historical Religions

7. Others

M03: Comparative Systematic Study of Religions

010067 VO Anthropology of Religions

010071 VO Sacrificial Rites in Religions: Ritual Practice, Ritual Theory

010098 VO Lecture on Comparative-Systematic Studies of Religions

M04: Applied Systematics

M05: Religion and Society

010057 SE Sociology of religion: Introduction, questions and classics

M06: Psychology of Religion

020023 SE Moses and monotheism: Sellin, Freud and Assmann

020040 SE Psychology of Religion in Cultural Historic Perspective

M07: Additional Subject Areas

1. Missiology, Theology of Religion

2. Political Dimensions of Religions

140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

3. Didactics of Religions

020065 VO Religion and Community. Integration from christian and muslim perspective.

4. Aesthetics of Religions

090151 VO Christian Iconography on Textiles from late antique Egypt

5. Anthropology of Religion

6. Philosophy of Religion

010038 VO Philosophical Theology

010063 VO Additional Subject Area: Jewish Philosophy of Religion

010097 VO Introduction Philosophy of Religion

140183 VO Introduction to the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy (Historical and Philosophical)

7. Law of Religions

030416 VO Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich

M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts

010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods

020005 UE Reading of biblical Hebrew - Texts from the Book Leviticus

020006 UE Bible Survey

020010 UE Exercise in Exegesis of Hebrew Bible Texts

020011 SE Old Testament Ethics

020016 PS Biblical Proseminar II

060066 UE [de he] Biblical Texts

060069 UE Reading Selected Texts

140019 UE Rigvedic "Songs" to the Goddess of Dawn

140140 PS Introduction to the Study of the Sanskrit Epics

140141 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Primary Sources

140144 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Modern Research

140146 UE Selected Episodes of the Buddhavita

140149 BA The Mandala of the Five Buddha Families: Philological Analysis of Advayavajra's Pancakara

140152 BA The Mandala of the Five Buddha Families as Underlying Principle of the Highest Yoga Tantra

140155 UE Shankara's Gitabhashya

M09: Recent Research Approaches

190323 SE M5: Religious Science and Philosophical Studies - Scientific Studies of religions in Islam?

370004 SE Doing Research in Study of Religions - Current methods and their application in research projects

M10: Science of Religion in Practice

010064 EX Missionaries and Missions in Vienna

010079 SE Church-neighbour Croatia - Traces of its great ecclesiastical past and pastoral present

010083 EX Church-neighbour Croatia - Traces of its great ecclesiastical past and pastoral present (guided excursion)

010324 BA Main topics of the Buddhist - Christian Dialogue

2. Elective Modules

M12: Relevant Source Language

M13: Advanced Source Language

M14: Thesis Supervision

M15: Specialisation: History of Religion

M16: Specialisation: Systematics

M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research

010118 DS Contemporary challenges of pastoral care in a theological context

020060 SE Exploring religion. An introduction to empirical methods.

M18: Advanced History of Religion

M19: Advanced Methodology

010118 DS Contemporary challenges of pastoral care in a theological context

M20: Advanced Systematics

M21: Advanced Subject Area

010078 FS Giorgio Agamben - Homer sacer

010080 BA Buddhist and European Ethics

010082 BA Modern South - Indian Mystics

020023 SE Moses and monotheism: Sellin, Freud and Assmann

020037 SE Church Law Seminar

020040 SE Psychology of Religion in Cultural Historic Perspective

020064 SE The jewish settlement movement. History, religious, social and ethnic backgrounds.

030090 SE Religion in the secular state - recent Austrian and European case law - (auch für DiplomandInnen und DissertantInnen)

030112 SE Law of the Christian East - Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul: Legal History of a Capital of Culture

030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law - for undergraduate and graduate students

030442 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe

180754 SE Kant`s philosophy of religion and his writing - Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft

M22: Advanced Reading

C. Individual Degree Programme in Science of Religion

1. Introduction to Science of Religion

1.1. Introduction to History of Religion

010060 VO Introduction to the general History of Religions

1.2. Introduction to Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

010059 VO Study of Religions II

1.3. Proseminar: Basics of Science of Religion

1.4. Study of Written Sources

010024 VO Exegesis New Testament

010066 VU Introduction to the Scientific Study of Religious Scripture

010197 VO Fundamental Exegesis of the New Testament I - The Quest for the Historical Jesus

020007 VO-L Introduction to the Old Testament - Einleitung in das Deuteronomistische Geschichtswerk

020008 VO-L Exegetical lecture - Selected narrative texts

020015 VO-L Introduction to the New Testament

020048 VO Apostelgeschichte - Apostelgeschichte

140081 VO Tamil Temple Myths - The (S)T(h)alapuranas

1.5. Reading Theological Texts

010062 PS Introduction to Exegetical Methods

020005 UE Reading of biblical Hebrew - Texts from the Book Leviticus

020006 UE Bible Survey

020010 UE Exercise in Exegesis of Hebrew Bible Texts

020011 SE Old Testament Ethics

020016 PS Biblical Proseminar II

060066 UE [de he] Biblical Texts

060069 UE Reading Selected Texts

140019 UE Rigvedic "Songs" to the Goddess of Dawn

140140 PS Introduction to the Study of the Sanskrit Epics

140141 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Primary Sources

140144 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Modern Research

140146 UE Selected Episodes of the Buddhavita

140149 BA The Mandala of the Five Buddha Families: Philological Analysis of Advayavajra's Pancakara

140152 BA The Mandala of the Five Buddha Families as Underlying Principle of the Highest Yoga Tantra

140155 UE Shankara's Gitabhashya

1.6. Methodology, 2nd Stage of the Degree Programme

010118 DS Contemporary challenges of pastoral care in a theological context

020060 SE Exploring religion. An introduction to empirical methods.

140077 VO [de en] Gender Studies / Islamic World

190323 SE M5: Religious Science and Philosophical Studies - Scientific Studies of religions in Islam?

370004 SE Doing Research in Study of Religions - Current methods and their application in research projects

2. History of Religion

2.1. Contemporary Religions

010004 VO Introduction to Judaism

010061 VO Lecture on Key Issues in History of Religion: Yoga in past and present

010065 VO Introduction to the Orthodox Church(es)

020009 SE Introduction to the Christianity in India

140147 VO The History of Buddhism in Tibet

2.2. Special Courses in History of Religion

010223 VO Church History Compact II - A Survey of the History of the second Christian Millenium

020018 VO-L History of the Early Church

060039 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2

060053 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Modern Period 1

060088 VO+UE [en] History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Midrash; Mishnah, and Talmud: An Introduction into Rabbinic Literature with text-examples

080058 SE Seminar: Kunstraub von der Antike bis zum 2. Weltkrieg

140039 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam

140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

140062 SE Seminar on Classical Islam - (Klassisch-arabisches islamwissenschaftliches Seminar)

140078 SE Seminar on Modern Islam

140081 VO Tamil Temple Myths - The (S)T(h)alapuranas

140123 PS Pilgrimage Practices in South Asia

140141 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Primary Sources

140144 BA The Mysticism of the Upanishads as reflected in Modern Research

140148 PS Mountain Cult and Religious Geography in Dolpo (Nepal)

140177 PS Religious Experience in Hinduism

140314 VO Religions and Institutions in the Near East