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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... sociological research amongst astrologers in 1960 ; the others are Derek Parker's survey published in 1972 and Garry Phillipson's collections of interviews , published in 2000. While there has now been substantial work in some areas ...
... sociological research amongst astrologers in 1960 ; the others are Derek Parker's survey published in 1972 and Garry Phillipson's collections of interviews , published in 2000. While there has now been substantial work in some areas ...
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... sociological . Amongst sociologists , Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead saw the introduction of astrology classes in the English town of Kendal in 1985 as evidence for the emergence of a spiritual revolution ( code for New Age ) there ...
... sociological . Amongst sociologists , Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead saw the introduction of astrology classes in the English town of Kendal in 1985 as evidence for the emergence of a spiritual revolution ( code for New Age ) there ...
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... sociological foray lacking either a substantial literature review or an awareness that her categories are contradicted by many personal examples . The notion of a divide between ' New Age ' and ' Old Age ' astrologers is , though , one ...
... sociological foray lacking either a substantial literature review or an awareness that her categories are contradicted by many personal examples . The notion of a divide between ' New Age ' and ' Old Age ' astrologers is , though , one ...
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The Pursuit of the Millennium | 13 |
The Age of Aquarius | 21 |
The New | 29 |
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