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 itself is marked by a relative diversity in its claims . It may be considered , depending on the definition of all these words , to be magic , divination , a psychological tool , a religion , an art or a science ; it may be a ...
... definition , illustrates that a society's view of and beliefs about the celestial sphere are inextricably linked to the realm of politics , economics , religion , and ideology.34 This sense of cosmology as meaningful is , in modern ...
... definition, therefore, any political or religious movement or ideology which expects, prophesies or fights for an imminent historical crisis and a return to, or inauguration of, a golden age or state of purity may be described as ...
... astrology is difficult to overestimate . Her followers amongst New Agers include David Spangler , the prolific author whose ... definition of New Age ' , and Michael York was of the same mind , concluding that ' Even the concept of.
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
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 | |
compared with Moore 1960 | |
Interviews with Astrologers | |
Modernity and Normality | |