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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... scientific sceptics, the roots of which can be traced back around two thousand years to the dual foundations of Christianity and classical scepticism. The sceptics, in the early twenty - first century , currently have.
... century , currently have the highest public profile . Richard Dawkins , formerly Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University , believes that astrologers should be prosecuted for fraud , while the British ...
... century.30 I have also adopted Patrick Curry's hierarchical model of three forms of astrology forming a rough analogy with the three social groups , upper , middle and lower class.31 The first , high astrology , is the astrology of the ...
... century but may still illuminate our. heavens'.33 And , in the words of Clive Ruggles and Nicholas Saunders , The study of cultural astronomies is concerned with the diversity of ways in which cultures , both ancient and modern ...
... century but may still illuminate our view of twenty - first - century society . As Michael Hill wrote , interest in astrology seemed to be considerable ' even in the most technologically advanced areas of Western society ' , 35 while ...
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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 | |