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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... church service regularly.4 In France the proportions are similar. In the US, where around 40 per cent of adults claim to attend a church, synagogue or temple service regularly, the number of religious devotees exceeds that of ...
... churches in Britain, is regarded as worthy of comment by the cosmologist Stephen Hawking and, even though its function may have changed between medieval and modern times, is arguably connected with the origins of the Western magical ...
... church attendance see Peter Brierly (ed.), UK Christian Handbook: Religious Trends no. 3, 2002/3 (London, 2001), p. 2.23. For a typical report see James Doward, 'Church attendance “to fall by 90%”', Observer, 21 December 2008, <http ...
... Churches ( Berkeley CA , 1978 ) ; Kurt Pawlik and Lothar Buse , ' Self - Attribution as a Moderator Variable in Differential Psychology : Replication and Interpretation of Eysenck's Astrology / Personality Correlations ' , Correlation ...
... Church father Origen (c. 185–254), evidence that precession was used against astrologers, not by them.4 During the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance the shift of the constellations away from the signs of the zodiac was regarded by ...
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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 | |