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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... scientific sceptics, the roots of which canbetraced back aroundtwo thousandyears tothedual foundationsof Christianityand classical scepticism. The sceptics,in the early twentyfirst century, currently havethe highest public profile ...
... scientific ignorance or religious error,compared tojust a few examples of general surveysby sympathetic writers.16 There is therefore still no wideranging workwhich examines astrology's cultural locus and which mayalso beclassed as ...
... scientific basis, while Bridget Costello argued that astrology is indeed 'usefulin an everyday way', aspeople deal with the mundane realityof theirlives.25 Judy Pugh, writing on modern Indian astrology, refers to it as asystem of ...
... scientific sceptics on the grounds thatit doesnot make scientific claims. On the other hand, if it is natural philosophy, which ishow itwould have seemed to many medieval Aristotelians, it islikely to avoid Christian censure but arouse ...
... today asever, despitethe lackof scientific evidence for such beliefs'.37 A typical view was expressed by John Silber, President ofBoston University. He arguedthat Astrologyis in facta bizarre survival from prescientific times. Its theories.
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New Age Astrology | |
Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
Interviews with Astrologers | |