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 and users have often been condemned as socially marginal or psychologically deviant and ... academic literature in.
... academic literature in the area, astrology, usually, problematically, defined as the belief in the occult influence ... academics and religious specialists. Or, rather, if noticed, they are taken at face value with neither serious ...
... academic concern with its contemporary cultural nature and function. To put it bluntly, most academics have shunned it. The literature on cultural studies has steered clear of it, largely because it.
... academic anthology devoted to astrology, while there are a handful of sociological studies which attempt to describe and quantify belief in astrology.15 Most critiques of astrology tend to concentrate on the veracity of astrology's ...
... academics or external critics.18 Yet the study of astrology's contemporary cultural status may shed light on the condition of modern society as a whole . As Grace Davie has argued , ' by looking at the way that society reacts to new ...
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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 | |