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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Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. is mainly from the English-speaking world, there is a recognisable community of astrologers in the ... the history of ideas, I will deal with both millenarianism and the.
Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. of ideas, I will deal with both millenarianism and the New Age chiefly as ideological rather than, say, sociological phenomena. From millenarianism I will consider ...
Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. in the early twenty - first century , currently have the highest public profile . Richard Dawkins , formerly Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford ...
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Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. fifteenth century ) and , in the modern world , newspaper and magazine ' sun - sign columns ' . Why , we should ask , is this inquiry important ? My argument is that the ...
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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 | |