Religious Studies

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Focus

Theory and Methods of Religious Studies, Topics in General and Comparative Religious Studies, Historical and Contemporary Asian Religions, Religions in Europe, in particular. Contemporary Topics and Local Studies, Religious studies based on artefacts and exhibition issues.

Target group

Graduates with proof of a Bachelor's degree course in a relevant subject in the field of Religious Studies or another discipline related to religious and cultural research or with proof of a comparable domestic or foreign, professionally qualifying certificate of academic degree. Relevance exists if relevant modules from the fields of Religious Studies or another discipline related to religious and cultural research have been completed in the degree course in the amount of at least 48 credit points (CP). A degree course in a relevant subject is already available with a relevant minor subject degree course with at least 48 credit points.

Annotation

General information: The Master's degree programme “Religious Studies” provides you with a reflected access to the complexity of religious phenomena in the past and present in different socio-cultural contexts. The aim of the degree course is to be able to analyse the role and function of religions for the shaping of individual living environments, but also of collective affiliations and their significance for local and global conflict situations. Contrary to the assumption of a progressive loss of meaning of religions, it is very clear that religions are an essential element of social and political life even in the present. Research focuses: The Master's degree programme in Religious Studies enables specialisations in the field of religious cultures in Europe and Asia as well as in the field of Islamic cultures. The diverse facets of contemporary religious culture as well as the history and present of Islam, Hinduism or Buddhism can be possible focal points. Due to the minor subject selection in appropriately oriented neighbouring disciplines such as Islamic Studies, Indology/Tibetology or the social and cultural sciences as well as study opportunities in the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Protestant Theology, Social Sciences and Peace and Conflict Studies, an individual focus and the acquisition of necessary language skills is possible.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.