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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... theories, practices and techniques around the worldthat some scholars preferto talk of 'astrologies' than 'astrology'.3 Intheview ofmuch of the academic literature inthe area, astrology,usually, problematically, defined as the belief in ...
... theory ofcelestial influenceleaves room for moral choice.The second, middlingastrology, is characterised by thecasting and interpretation of horoscopes, apractice requiring aconsiderable levelofliterary studyand mathematical skill ...
... , 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.
... theories were workedout when people believed the earth wasthe centerofthe universe and that seven planets revolved ... theory have any validity,this leads us toquestions of modernism and modernity. Looking at thecontext within which ...
... theory, and all partook ofa common tradition whichwas shared with the Greekspeaking world.8 Eventhough they may have specific connotations, and some arguethat the distinctions areimportant, theterms 'millenarian', 'millennial ...