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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... culture, yet is widely ignored by the Academy. Our attempts to understand its claims, practices and philosophical context have tended to fall prey to the legacy of the self-defined Enlightenment struggle against superstition, and it has ...
... popular culture , but has almost completely escaped examination by modern scholars . Most commentary on the subject , whether by academics or journalists , consults neither astrologers , nor their literature , clients or readers . Both ...
... culture yet are largely ignored by academics and religious specialists. Or, rather, if noticed, they are taken at face value with neither serious comment nor critical investigation. My intention is to place the discussion of astrology's ...
... culture. Firstly, is it a New Age discipline and, if so, what is its relationship with the Western millenarian and apocalyptic tradition? Secondly, if astrology is a New Age discipline, should it be seen as a rival to mainstream ...
... 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 diverge. It is ...
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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 | |