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, usually, problematically, defined as the belief in the occult influence of the stars, is a religion, nothing more, nothing less. Acceptance of astrology's claims is widespread and, according to Gallup poll data, about 25 per ...
... astrology meetings are women. Clearly, astrology's appeal is overwhelmingly female, a fact which has never been properly addressed, although the wider female interest in the paranormal has attracted attention.6 Are women just gullible ...
... astrology which, as we shall see, is a somewhat complex question, I will address four principal questions concerning astrology's place in modern culture. Firstly, is it a New Age discipline and, if so, what is its relationship with the ...
... astrology's place in contemporary British culture. This book is a preliminary attempt to rectify this situation, particularly in the UK and the US. My study originally arose from my observation that much of the public discourse on astrology ...
... 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 claims and assume an a priori ...
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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 | |