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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... belief and disbelief ( percentages ) 11.2 Belief in astrology : comparison of author's data with other studies , illustrating minimum and maximum figures based on different types of question 11.3 Religious affiliation of Campion ...
... beliefs, a discussion which can be framed within the context of debates on the place of religion and 'secularisation' in the modern world. As I am concerned with the numbers of people who believe in astrology as well as with the nature ...
... religion to popular culture which have been published actually encourage theologians to study popular culture, rather than subject religion to the rigours of cultural analysis.14 When we come to the sociology of religion, the English ...
... religious movements and the controversy they generate , we can discover more about that society itself ' . And what if astrology is a religion ? In this case , the wider significance of the study of its cultural function is clear , for ...
... Beliefs : Their Structure and Measurement ' , Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion , 21/2 ( 1982 ) , p . 152 . 21 Marcia Moore , Astrology Today : A Socio - Psychological Survey , Astrological Research Associates Research ...
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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 | |