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
• 140373 VO Cultural History of the Arab World
• 140400 PS Religious Syncretism in Bengal

2.3. 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

3. Comparative Systematic Science of Religion

• 010067 VO Anthropology of Religions
• 010071 VO Sacrificial Rites in Religions: Ritual Practice, Ritual Theory
• 010098 VO Lecture on Comparative-Systematic Studies of Religions

4. Sub- and Bridge Disciplines

4.1. Missiology and Theology of Religion

4.2. Political Dimensions of Religions

• 020064 SE The jewish settlement movement. History, religious, social and ethnic backgrounds.
• 140060 VO History, Politics and Islam (special themes)

4.3. Didactics of Religions

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

4.4. Aesthetics of Religions

• 090151 VO Christian Iconography on Textiles from late antique Egypt

4.5. Anthropology of Religion

4.6. Philosophy of Religion

• 010038 VO Philosophical Theology
• 010063 VO Additional Subject Area: Jewish Philosophy of Religion
• 010078 FS Giorgio Agamben - Homer sacer
• 010080 BA Buddhist and European Ethics
• 010082 BA Modern South - Indian Mystics
• 010097 VO Introduction Philosophy of Religion
• 020045 SE Kant's Philosophy of Religion
• 140183 VO Introduction to the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy (Historical and Philosophical)
• 180754 SE Kant`s philosophy of religion and his writing - Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft

4.7. Psychology of Religion

• 020023 SE Moses and monotheism: Sellin, Freud and Assmann
• 020040 SE Psychology of Religion in Cultural Historic Perspective

4.8. Law of Religions

• 010007 FS Churches and human rigths
• 020037 SE Church Law Seminar
• 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
• 030416 VO Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich
• 030425 SE Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law - for undergraduate and graduate students
• 030442 KU Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe

4.9. Sociology of Religion

• 010057 SE Sociology of religion: Introduction, questions and classics

5. Practical Training, Excursions

• 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