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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... of astrology (1) 12.6 Astrologers' definitions of astrology (2) 12.7Attitudes toastrology (1) 12.8 Attitudes to astrology (2) 12.9 The List of Tables.
... of astrology's claims is widespread and,according to Gallup poll data, about 25per centofthe adult populations of theUK,the USand France subscribe to it.Weshould putthis apparently rather large figureinto perspective; the adult ...
... of astrology, whilesome supposedly hard headed businessmen now supportathriving market in 'financial astrology ... ofastrology as a 'milliondollar' businessinto theunlikely figure of a 'billiondollar' enterprise.12 Althoughall ...
... of astrology's contemporary cultural status may shed light on the condition of modern society as a whole. As Grace Davie has argued, 'by looking at the way that society reacts tonew religious movements and the controversy they generate ...
... of astrology to human affairs.29 Simply, astrology requires the presence of theastrologer. Whichever version of astrology we are discussing, the form with which we are concernedin this book isjudicial. We canalso classify astrological ...