Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age MovementAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 01/09/2012 - 224 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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... science;itmay be a matterof studying thesupposed relationships between celestial and terrestrial events; or itmayrequire practical action. Such isthe variety of astrological theories, practices and techniques around the worldthat some ...
... scientists andperplexes many sociologists. Asmy titlesuggests, Iam concernedwith whether astrology isa religion,and particularlywhether it is 'New Age'.While my datais mainly fromthe Englishspeaking world, thereisa recognisable ...
... Science at Oxford University, believes that astrologers should be prosecuted for fraud, while the British television regulatory code prohibits the broadcastof 'horoscopes' except as 'entertainment' or as the subjectof 'legitimate ...
... science students subscribed tosome aspects of astrology, whilesome supposedly hard headed businessmen now supportathriving market in 'financial astrology' ... Astrology supplements have been knownto increase newspaper circulation ...
... althoughnot totally, appropriated by modern materialist science, through such phenomenaas gravity, sun spot cyclesand circadian rhythms,andthe word 'astrology' has been largely abandoned, with rare exceptions. The astrology I.
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