Universität Wien

Master Religious Studies (800)

Compulsory Modules (100 ECTS)
M01: Key Issues in the History of Religion (9 ECTS)
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
010006 VO (REMOTE) Basic Course Church History I - The first christian millenium
010065 VO (REMOTE) Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus: Oriental and Eastern Chatholic Churches
010223 VO (REMOTE) Basic Course Church History II - The second millenium of Christianity
3. Islam
4. Religions of Indian Origin
5. East-Asian Religions
6. Historical Religions
060053 VO (REMOTE) Egyptian Religion
7. Others
010088 VO (REMOTE) African Religions
010114 VO (REMOTE) Alternative Religious Currents: A Global Perspective
M02: Special Courses in History of Religion (9 ECTS)
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
3. Islam
4. Religions of Indian Origin
010087 VU [en] (REMOTE) Introducing Tantrism
5. East-Asian Religions
010122 VU [en] (REMOTE) Religion in China
6. Historical Religions
7. Others
010085 SE (REMOTE) Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945
010096 SE (REMOTE) Hinduism and Esotericism
010120 VU (REMOTE) Energy Work in the Context of Modern History of Religions
M03: Comparative Religion (9 ECTS)
010070 VO (REMOTE) Symbol, Sign, Ritual: Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion
M04: Comparative Religion Applied (5 ECTS)
010071 SE (REMOTE) Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
010113 SE (REMOTE) Religious Bodies - Corporalities Across Religious Traditions
M05: Religion and Society (5 ECTS)
010124 SE [en] (REMOTE) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
M06: Psychology of Religion (7 ECTS)
010073 SE (REMOTE) Selected Chapters of Psychology of Religion
M07: Additional Subject Areas (6 ECTS)
1. Missiology, Theology of Religion
2. Political Dimensions of Religions
3. Didactics of Religions
4. Aesthetics of Religions
010070 VO (REMOTE) Symbol, Sign, Ritual: Introduction to Aesthetics of Religion
5. Anthropology of Religion
010069 VO [en] (REMOTE) Social Anthropology of Religion
6. Philosophy of Religion
010092 VO (REMOTE) Classical Writers of Philosophy of Religion
7. Law of Religions
010040 VO (REMOTE) Law on religion - Basic course
020033 VO-L [en] Introduction to the Law of Religions and Religious Communities in Europe
030792 VO (REMOTE) Legal Position of religious communities in Austria - Zur Rechtsstellung der Religionsgemeinschaften in Österreich
M08: Reading Course: Sacred Texts (8 ECTS)
010018 PS (REMOTE) Exegetical methods
010100 SE [en] (REMOTE) What is Religion?
010121 SE (REMOTE) Main Arguments in the Critique of Religion
M09: Recent Research Approaches (5 ECTS)
010071 SE (REMOTE) Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
010113 SE (REMOTE) Religious Bodies - Corporalities Across Religious Traditions
M10: Applied Study of Religion (7 ECTS)
010116 EX (REMOTE) Eastern Churches in the Habsburg Empire: Focus on Art History and Cultural History
Elective Modules (20 ECTS)
M12: Relevant Source Language (10 ECTS)
M13: Advanced Source Language (10 ECTS)
M14: Thesis Supervision (10 ECTS)
360007 PR [en] (REMOTE) Research Seminar
M15: Specialisation: History of Religion (10 ECTS)
010006 VO (REMOTE) Basic Course Church History I - The first christian millenium
010065 VO (REMOTE) Introduction to the Eastern Churches - Focus: Oriental and Eastern Chatholic Churches
010085 SE (REMOTE) Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945
010087 VU [en] (REMOTE) Introducing Tantrism
010096 SE (REMOTE) Hinduism and Esotericism
010114 VO (REMOTE) Alternative Religious Currents: A Global Perspective
010120 VU (REMOTE) Energy Work in the Context of Modern History of Religions
010122 VU [en] (REMOTE) Religion in China
010223 VO (REMOTE) Basic Course Church History II - The second millenium of Christianity
090118 PS [de en] Miracles and Wonders in Early Christian Art
090122 PS Death and Funerary Culture in Archaic-Classical Athens and Attica
M16: Specialisation: Comparative Religion (10 ECTS)
010071 SE (REMOTE) Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
010113 SE (REMOTE) Religious Bodies - Corporalities Across Religious Traditions
M17: Specialisation: Methods of Empirical Research (10 ECTS)
010124 SE [en] (REMOTE) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
M18: Advanced History of Religion (5 ECTS)
010013 SE (REMOTE) The History of Priestly Celibacy
010085 SE (REMOTE) Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945
010096 SE (REMOTE) Hinduism and Esotericism
060002 SE (REMOTE) Genders and Sexualities in Judaism
090049 PS Roman tomb reliefs
090118 PS [de en] Miracles and Wonders in Early Christian Art
090122 PS Death and Funerary Culture in Archaic-Classical Athens and Attica
M19: Advanced Methodology (5 ECTS)
010071 SE (REMOTE) Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
010085 SE (REMOTE) Religion in Austria Under National Socialist Rule 1938-1945
M20: Advanced Comparative Religion (5 ECTS)
010071 SE (REMOTE) Apocalypse & co: Millenarian Beliefs Compared
010113 SE (REMOTE) Religious Bodies - Corporalities Across Religious Traditions
M21: Advanced Subject Area (5 ECTS)
010020 SE (REMOTE) Liturgy and Covid-19. Challenges, Measures and Chances
010073 SE (REMOTE) Selected Chapters of Psychology of Religion
010097 SE (REMOTE) Did Christianity shape law in Europe? - A Walk through the History and Sources of Canon law
010119 SE (REMOTE) Ethics as the focus of the Christian-Islamic dialogue
010124 SE [en] (REMOTE) Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
030112 SE (REMOTE) Law of the Christian East - Orthodoxy and Europe (for diploma and doctoral students)
030194 KU (REMOTE) Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments
030425 SE (REMOTE) Seminar on Legal Philosophy and Religious Law: Human Rights - Women´s Rights - Islam and Women's Rights (for undergraduate and graduate students)
030629 KU (REMOTE) The legal position of Islam in Austria
030726 KU (REMOTE) Freedom of Religion and Belief in Europe
240529 SE [en] (REMOTE) Demons and Angels - Iconography in religious and non-religious Art (P4)
M22: Advanced Reading (5 ECTS)
010100 SE [en] (REMOTE) What is Religion?
010121 SE (REMOTE) Main Arguments in the Critique of Religion

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