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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... Religious affiliation of Campion respondents ( percentages ) 11.4 Comparison of readership of horoscope columns ... religious affiliation ( 1 ) : author's data compared with Moore ( 1960 ) ( M ) 12.2 Astrologers ' religious ...
... 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 ...
... religious beliefs.2 This has changed , although not much , mainly due to a few studies of modern pagans . There are just a handful of studies specifically devoted to astrology . Of these , there are but three books . One is Marcia ...
... Religious Beliefs and Practices ( London and New York , 1987 ) ; Norman Cohn , Cosmos , Chaos and the World to Come : The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith ( New Haven and London , 1993 ) ; Nicholas Campion , The Great Year : Astrology ...
... religious affiliation we may call it secular , although it is neither materialistic nor atheist . Although Swedenborg is rarely , if ever , acknowledged as a source , this point of view is common in the modern New Age movement . For ...
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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 | |