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 times.2 Astrology - the study and practice of the presumed relationship between the celestial bodies and events on earth - has millions of fans , a number of vociferous opponents , and is a familiar part of popular culture ...
... investigation. My intention is to place the discussion of astrology's modern status in a context which is wide ... scientists and perplexes many sociologists. As my title suggests, I am concerned with whether astrology is a ...
... study popular culture, rather than subject religion to the rigours of cultural analysis.14 When we come to the ... scientific ignorance or religious error, compared to just a few examples of general surveys by sympathetic writers ...
... 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 Moore's little - known attempt to conduct sociological ... scientific basis, while.
... scientific basis, while Bridget Costello argued that astrology is indeed 'useful in an everyday way', as people deal ... study cannot tackle the psychological, it does aim to lay the ground for social research by cutting through ...
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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 | |