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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Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. List. of. Tables. 11.1Beliefin astrology: comparison ofstrongand moderate, belief and disbelief (percentages) 11.2 Belief in astrology: comparison of author's datawith other ...
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Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. the coming transformation willbeviolent. The key features of millenarianism have been long established –nostalgia fora lostgolden age inthepast, concern oversocial and ...
... century by the translationof theworks ofPlato, including his crucial cosmological texts, into Latin. So great was Plato's reputation that,as Eugenio Garin put it, inthe Renaissance 'thetheme of “newness”, ofa new life, a new age,newworlds, ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
Interviews with Astrologers | |