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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... academics or journalists, consults neither astrologers, nor their literature, clients or readers. Both practitioners ... academic literature inthe area, astrology,usually, problematically, defined as the belief in the occult influence ...
... academics and religious specialists. Or,rather, if noticed, they are takenat facevalue withneither serious comment nor critical investigation. Myintention is to place the discussion of astrology's modern status in acontext which is wide ...
... academic concernwith its contemporary cultural nature and function. Toput it bluntly, mostacademics have shunned it. The literature on cultural studieshas steered clear ofit, largely because itavoids anything whichit believes belongs ...
... academic anthology devotedto astrology, whilethere are ahandful of sociologicalstudies which attempt to describe and quantifybelief in astrology.15 Most critiquesof astrology tendto concentrate on the veracity of astrology's claims and ...
... academics or external critics.18 Yet the study of astrology's contemporary cultural status may shed light on the ... academic literature Marcello Truzzi attemptedto initiate a discussion of astrology in popular culturein 1975,buthis ...
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