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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... traditional' and 'non-traditional' beliefs, a discussion which can be framed within the context of debates on ... tradition? Secondly, if astrology is a New Age discipline, should it be seen as a rival to mainstream Christianity ...
... tradition, a New Age belief or practice, paranormal or an 'alternative religion', is seen as a potential contributor to the decline of the mainstream churches in Britain, is regarded as worthy of comment by the cosmologist Stephen ...
... tradition which extends from the modern West back to the ancient Near East.2 The New Age is, in spite of the epithet 'new', part of an ancient matrix of ideas which depend on the notion that human society, the whole world, or even the ...
... Traditions of apocalyptic thought can be traced back to late third millennium BCE Mesopotamia . ' That they ... tradition which was shared with the Greek - speaking world.8 Even though they may have specific connotations, and ...
... tradition, astrology was to be the main predictive tool by which the coming crisis might be predicted, adapting the simple forms of prophecy from celestial signs familiar from the Old Testament. Isaiah, for example, had forecast that ...
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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 | |