Application requirements

BA degree in any kind of science, humanities or religious education.

The exam means more a conversation with one staff member about the expectations of the applicants and about the specialities of the MA program.

We like books as:

• Tworuschka, Monika & Tworuschka, Udo: Die Welt der Religionen - series. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2007-
• Bowker, John, World Religions. London: DK Adult, 1997. pp. 200
• Armstrong, Karen: A History of God. NY: Ballantine Books, 1994.
• Weber, Max: Sociology of Religion. Ypsilanti, MI: Beacon Press, 1993. pp. 304
• Schleiermacher, Friedrich: On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. 175
• Freud, Sigmund: Totem and Taboo. Lawrence, KS: Digireads.com, 2008. pp. 108

Points during the application process are calculated accordingly:

• Points achievable during the oral exam in general proficiency in social sciences, cultural and religious knowledge
• Additional points for language skills