Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age MovementRoutledge, 15/04/2016 - 264 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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... argued, 'by looking at the way that society reacts to new religious movements and the controversy they generate, we ... argue that astrology is a religion in order to make the point that an understanding of the cultural milieu ...
... argued, 'by looking at the way that society reacts to new religious movements and the controversy they generate, we ... argue that astrology is a religion in order to make the point that an understanding of the cultural milieu ...
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... argued that astrology is useful, if lacking any scientific basis, while Bridget Costello argued that astrology is indeed 'useful in an everyday way', as people deal with the mundane reality of their lives.25 Judy Pugh, writing on ...
... argued that astrology is useful, if lacking any scientific basis, while Bridget Costello argued that astrology is indeed 'useful in an everyday way', as people deal with the mundane reality of their lives.25 Judy Pugh, writing on ...
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... argument is that the quest for meaning is a universal human attribute and that in most, if not all, cultures, there is a predisposition to find meaning in the sky. To cite the French philosopher Bruno Latour, 'No one has ever heard of a ...
... argument is that the quest for meaning is a universal human attribute and that in most, if not all, cultures, there is a predisposition to find meaning in the sky. To cite the French philosopher Bruno Latour, 'No one has ever heard of a ...
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... argued that human culture was subject to an inevitable progression in which primitive magic was succeeded in turn by polytheism, monotheism and atheism.39 Astrology, Tylor argued, belonged to the earliest, most primitive magical stage ...
... argued that human culture was subject to an inevitable progression in which primitive magic was succeeded in turn by polytheism, monotheism and atheism.39 Astrology, Tylor argued, belonged to the earliest, most primitive magical stage ...
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... argued that the expectation of a coming New Age is millenarian in character, and forms part of a broader cultural tradition which extends from the modern West back to the ancient Near East.2 The New Age is, in spite of the epithet 'new ...
... argued that the expectation of a coming New Age is millenarian in character, and forms part of a broader cultural tradition which extends from the modern West back to the ancient Near East.2 The New Age is, in spite of the epithet 'new ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
Belief in Astrology | |
The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
With Their Own Voices | |
Modernity and Normality | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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