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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... bythe Academy. Ourattempts to understand its claims, practices and philosophical contexthavetended tofall prey tothelegacy of the selfdefined Enlightenment struggle against superstition, and it has too often been condemnedor dismissed ...
... ,is seenasa potential contributor tothe declineof the mainstream churchesinBritain, is regardedas worthyof comment bythe cosmologist Stephen Hawking and, even though its function may have changed between medieval and modern.
... bythe assumption thatit is overwhelmingly a matter ofbelief; astrology isclassified as aformof'belief' andstudents and practitioners of itare characterised as 'believers'. Atthis point, letmeturn to the question of previous studies ...
... bythe parousia (literally 'arrival' or'presence'), thatis,Christ's return. Christ, itwas believed,is then dueto triumph over Satan and reign in splendour for a thousand years; that is, the millennium, an epoch described in Matthew as ...
... bythe needforsecurity and order ina world beset bypotentially threatening change and instability, a facton which academics andcritics ofastrology usually agree. Security istobe obtained through themanipulation of a futurewhich, once ...
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New Age Astrology | |
Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
Interviews with Astrologers | |