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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... in the Modern West Prophecy , Cosmology and the New Age Movement a ASHGATE 所 ON HO XI D 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 ASTROLOGY AND POPULAR RELIGION IN THE MODERN WEST To Wendy. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Nicholas Campion www ...
Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. In the view of much of the academic literature in the area, astrology, usually, problematically, defined as the belief in the occult influence of the stars, is a religion ...
... in the modern West who share similar assumptions and the same leading authors. The evidence of opinion polls suggests that public interest in astrology is similar in, say, Germany and France, to the UK and the US, while the network of ...
... in the contemporary popular culture of the modern West is apparent from the ubiquitous presence of the horoscope column in print and, in the last decade, on the web. What is at issue, though, is astrology's character. On this, opinions ...
... in the face of four centuries of evidence , from Galileo to the latest space probe'.10 One may ask why , if it is drivel , it arouses such anger , and why one part of British media regulation regards it as so dangerous . In spite of ...
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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 | |