Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology, and the New Age MovementAshgate, 2012 - 254 من الصفحات This book explores an area of contemporary religion, spirituality and popular culture which has not so far been investigated in depth, the phenomenon of astrology in the modern west. Locating modern astrology historically and sociologically in its religious, New Age and millenarian contexts, Nicholas Campion considers astrology's relation to modernity and draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with leading modern astrologers to present an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origins and nature of New Age ideology. This book challenges the notion that astrology is either 'marginal' or a feature of postmodernism. Concluding that astrology is more popular than the usual figures suggest, Campion argues that modern astrology is largely shaped by New Age thought, influenced by the European Millenarian tradition, that it can be seen as an heir to classical Gnosticism and is part of the vernacular religion of the modern west. |
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... cent of the population knew their birth - signs , 53 per cent ' regularly read their horoscopes in the press ' , 38 per cent ' have at one time or another wished to have a personal horoscope made ' , 37 per cent believe that there is a ...
... cent of the population knew their birth - signs , 53 per cent ' regularly read their horoscopes in the press ' , 38 per cent ' have at one time or another wished to have a personal horoscope made ' , 37 per cent believe that there is a ...
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... cent knew their moon - sign and 23.9 per cent their rising sign , and 17.4 per cent had taken an astrology course . The positive answers in the MAJMA group may have been boosted by the fact that respondents were self- selecting , unlike ...
... cent knew their moon - sign and 23.9 per cent their rising sign , and 17.4 per cent had taken an astrology course . The positive answers in the MAJMA group may have been boosted by the fact that respondents were self- selecting , unlike ...
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... cent at UAC still declared a religious or spiritual affiliation . In all my samples the number of atheists is very ... cent Christian ( of whom 2 per cent were Catholic ) , 12 per cent ' none ' , 7 per cent ' other ' and 1.3 per ...
... cent at UAC still declared a religious or spiritual affiliation . In all my samples the number of atheists is very ... cent Christian ( of whom 2 per cent were Catholic ) , 12 per cent ' none ' , 7 per cent ' other ' and 1.3 per ...
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The Pursuit of the Millennium | 13 |
The Age of Aquarius | 21 |
The New | 29 |
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