Bachelor Religious Education (Emphasis: Religious Studies) (195 [7] - Version 2017)

BRP 01 Introductory and Orientation Period (5 ECTS)

BRP 02 Introductory and Orientation Period (10 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE STEOP I Introduction Theology and Study of Religions (lectures)
• 010046 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to the Comparative Study of Religions
• 010110 VO ( STEOP ) Introduction to Catholic Theology I
• 020031 VO-L ( MIXED ) STEOP: Theological Encyclopedia
• 020032 PS Introduction to scientific working

Accompanying course for the STEOP in Theology

• 010019 SE Mentoring for students in the STEOP phase
• 010148 OV ( OV ) Orientation Course for first-year students - of the Diploma Catholic Theology, Bachelor Religious Education (Catholic Theological Education, Catholic Religious Education, Religious Studies and Orthodox Religious Education) and Bachelor Teacher Training Programme Catholic Religion

BRP 03 Introduction to the History of Religion (10 ECTS)

• 010047 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction to the History of Religions (EC)

BRP 04rwb Introduction to the Study of Writtem Sources (10 ECTS)

• 010058 UE Reading Sources in the Study of Religions
• 010063 UE [ de en ] Key Works in the Social Scientific Research on Religion
• 010071 PS Exegetical methods

BRP 05rwb Introduction to Religious Studies (9 ECTS)

• 010050 UE Foundations of the Study of Religions (EC)
• 010062 VU New Religions
• 010077 SE Coming of Age in Different Religions: Comparing Concepts of Childhood, Youth and Adulthood - Konzepte von Kindheit, Jugend und Erwachsenenalter im Vergleich
• 010182 SE [ en ] Classical and Modern Theories of Religion

BRP 06rwb Basics of Philosophy 1 (6 ECTS)

• 180014 VO-L History of Philosophy I (Antiquity)
• 180016 VO-L History of Philosophy II (Middle Ages and Early Modern Period)

BRP 07rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 1 (10 ECTS)

• 010085 VU [ en ] Lecture with exercises to modern History of Religion
• 090100 VO [ en ] Lecture Series: Religious Communities and Manuscript Cultures on the Medieval Silk Road

BRP 08rwb Basics of Philosophy 1 (6 ECTS)

• 010092 VO Classical Writers of Philosophy of Religion
• 010290 VO Modern Philosophy

BRP 09rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions 1 (9 ECTS)

a) Introduction to Christianity

b) Compulsory Electives

• 010062 VU New Religions
• 010085 VU [ en ] Lecture with exercises to modern History of Religion
• 010101 VU [ en ] Christianity in the USA
• 010170 VU Islam in Austria

BRP 10rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions 2 (15 ECTS)

• 010087 VU [ en ] Introduction to the Religions of Ancient Mesoamerica
• 010101 VU [ en ] Christianity in the USA
• 141956 VU Creation from nothing versus emanation
• 143003 VO In the Empire of Prester John: Ethiopia from the Middle Ages to the Present

BRP 11rwb Applied Religious Studies (10 ECTS)

• 010069 UE The Study of Religions in the Context of School and Teaching
• 010078 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) The Study of Religions as a Profession
• 010080 EX Religion in Focus: Ayurveda

BRP 12rwb Interreligious Education (12 ECTS)

• 010018 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Specific subject didactics - Main focus primary level
• 010042 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) Ethical Education - In consideration of primary level
• 010096 SE Orthodox Teaching Methodology

BRP 13rwb Gender Studies and Religion (8 ECTS)

BRP 14rwb Alternative Compulsory Modules (15 ECTS)

a) BRP 14rwb a Source Languages (15 ECTS)

b) BRP 14rwb b Advanced Course: Religious Studies (15 ECTS)

• 010030 SE The Churches of Ukraine. Insights into history, culture and contemporary challenges
• 010062 VU New Religions
• 010077 SE Coming of Age in Different Religions: Comparing Concepts of Childhood, Youth and Adulthood - Konzepte von Kindheit, Jugend und Erwachsenenalter im Vergleich
• 010089 SE Religions of the Silk Road
• 010093 SE [ en ] Judaism in Europe
• 010182 SE [ en ] Classical and Modern Theories of Religion
• 060002 SE Film as Midrash
• 060003 SE The Geonim as Intermediaries: Jewish Learning between Talmudic Tradition and the Medieval World
• 060016 SE Jewish object cultures
• 060032 SE The Jew as vampire: On the genesis and function of an anti-Semitic stereotype
• 141212 SE [ en ] A History of Modern Jihad, 1924-2014 c.a.
• 141497 SE Dekolonialisierung des islamischen Rechts: Transformationen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
• 142157 SE [ en ] Popular Hinduism: Material Religion in South Asia

BRP 15rwb Interreligious Cultural Studies 2 (11 ECTS)

• 010095 VU [ en ] Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion
• 010170 VU Islam in Austria
• 090106 VO Byzantium and the Islamic world
• 141195 VU [ en ] Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses II
• 141222 VO Political History of the Arab-Islamic Near East (from the beginnings of Islam to the present) - des arabisch-islamischen Orients in der Moderne bis zur Gegenwart
• 142077 PS Nepal's Stolen Gods Return - Recent Controversies in the Restitution of Cultural Heritage from the Himalayas
• 142125 PS Sexuality and Femininity in Indian Esoteric Buddhism
• 142137 PS From Dharma to Moksa: Ethics, the Meaning of Life, and Paths to Liberation in Classical India
• 142666 PS We Humans and Nature in Pre-Modern Hindu Traditions
• 150135 VU [ en ] ( REMOTE ) History of East Asia
• 240022 VO BM6 Southeast Asia in Focus: Current Research and New Perspectives

BRP 16rwb Anthropology and Social Science (16 ECTS)

• 010078 SE ( KPH-W-NÖ ) The Study of Religions as a Profession
• 010095 VU [ en ] Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion
• 142077 PS Nepal's Stolen Gods Return - Recent Controversies in the Restitution of Cultural Heritage from the Himalayas
• 142125 PS Sexuality and Femininity in Indian Esoteric Buddhism
• 142666 PS We Humans and Nature in Pre-Modern Hindu Traditions

BRP 17rwb Advanced Course: History of Religions and Comparative Religion (13 ECTS)

a) Compulsory Courses

1. Seminar in History of Religion (5 ECTS)

• 010012 SE Visible Signs of an Invisible Reality: Liturgical Symbols Are they still relevant today?
• 010093 SE [ en ] Judaism in Europe
• 060002 SE Film as Midrash
• 060003 SE The Geonim as Intermediaries: Jewish Learning between Talmudic Tradition and the Medieval World
• 060016 SE Jewish object cultures
• 060032 SE The Jew as vampire: On the genesis and function of an anti-Semitic stereotype
• 141212 SE [ en ] A History of Modern Jihad, 1924-2014 c.a.
• 141497 SE Dekolonialisierung des islamischen Rechts: Transformationen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
• 142052 PS Manuscripts, Prints, and Painted Scrolls - Sources for the Study of Tibetan Buddhism
• 142137 PS From Dharma to Moksa: Ethics, the Meaning of Life, and Paths to Liberation in Classical India
• 142157 SE [ en ] Popular Hinduism: Material Religion in South Asia

2. Seminar in Comparative-Systematical Religious Studies (5 ECTS)

• 010077 SE Coming of Age in Different Religions: Comparing Concepts of Childhood, Youth and Adulthood - Konzepte von Kindheit, Jugend und Erwachsenenalter im Vergleich
• 010182 SE [ en ] Classical and Modern Theories of Religion

b) Alternative Compulsory Courses

• 010085 VU [ en ] Lecture with exercises to modern History of Religion
• 010087 VU [ en ] Introduction to the Religions of Ancient Mesoamerica
• 010089 SE Religions of the Silk Road
• 010101 VU [ en ] Christianity in the USA
• 142052 PS Manuscripts, Prints, and Painted Scrolls - Sources for the Study of Tibetan Buddhism
• 142157 SE [ en ] Popular Hinduism: Material Religion in South Asia