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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... astrology is then intended to illuminate wider contemporary issues concerning the supposed relationship between ... Western millenarian and apocalyptic tradition? Secondly, if astrology is a New Age discipline, should it be seen as ...
... horoscope column in print and, in the last decade, on the web. What is at issue, though, is astrology's character. On this, opinions diverge. It is widely considered to be a feature of the Western esoteric tradition, a New Age belief or ...
... sign columns ' . Why , we should ask , is this inquiry important ? My argument is that the quest for meaning is ... Western terms , astrological , and the study of astrology's place in the modern world may have implications for our ...
... astrology seemed to be considerable ' even in the most technologically advanced areas of Western society ' , 35 while the astronomers Snow and Brownsberger wrote that ' even today ' some people have faith in astrology.36 Note the use ...
... Western Astrology ( 2 vols , London , 2009 ) , vol . 2 , p . 12 . 29 Claudius Ptolemy , ' Centiloquium ' , in John Partridge , Mikropanastron , or an Astrological Vade Mecum , briefly Teaching the whole Art of Astrology – viz ...
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SunSign Astrology | |
The Survival of Belief in Astrology | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
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The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
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Interviews with Astrologers | |
Modernity and Normality | |