B. Master Degree Programme in Study of Religions
1. Required Modules
M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion
1. Judaism
- 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
- 060058 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Contemporary Period
- 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
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
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
3. Didactics of Religions
4. Aesthetics of Religions
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
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
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