Our society is characterised by an increasing diversity of religions and cultures, knowledge of which is becoming ever more important in schools and academia. The professionalisation programme "Transcultural Interreligious Studies" teaches basic knowledge of Jewish, Christian and/or Islamic religion and culture and interreligious education. On the other hand, this basic knowledge is closely linked to the religious, historical and cultural studies-based study of the interrelationships between Jewish, Christian and Muslim ways of life and theologies.

The programme comprises one compulsory and one or two compulsory elective modules of 6 CP each:

• pb383 - Transcultural Interreligious Studies: This module is compulsory for all students and opens up an interdisciplinary interreligious perspective.
• pb117 - Old Testament Hebrew: Compulsory elective module for a specialisation in Judaism
• pb360 - Transcultural Christian Studies: Compulsory elective module for a specialisation in Christianity
• pb361 - Transcultural Islamic Studies: Compulsory elective module for a specialisation in Islam
• pb382 - Interreligious Education: Compulsory elective module for a specialisation in the field of interreligious education

• BPO Annex 3a (information on the programme can be found on p. 25-26 of the PDF)

You can view the current courses offered in the "PP Transcultural Interreligious Studies" via the overview of the professionalisation programmes.