Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology, and the New Age MovementThis 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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This was evident in the Church of England report , The Search for Faith , published in 1996.49 The report's problem with astrology is not that it is actively anti - Christian but only that it makes a sin of omission by failing to ...
This was evident in the Church of England report , The Search for Faith , published in 1996.49 The report's problem with astrology is not that it is actively anti - Christian but only that it makes a sin of omission by failing to ...
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For example , church membership may be both an unreliable guide to belief and a poor measure even of attendance . Indeed , Davie reports , the ' disjunction between practice and " belief " characterises much of British religious life ...
For example , church membership may be both an unreliable guide to belief and a poor measure even of attendance . Indeed , Davie reports , the ' disjunction between practice and " belief " characterises much of British religious life ...
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In a follow - up interview the respondent gave further details , giving a picture of deep religiosity , though low attachment to the church , an interest in New Age or paranormal phenomena , and a sense that these are valuable ...
In a follow - up interview the respondent gave further details , giving a picture of deep religiosity , though low attachment to the church , an interest in New Age or paranormal phenomena , and a sense that these are valuable ...
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