Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age MovementThis 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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... illustrating minimum and maximum figures based on different types of question 11.3 Religious affiliation of Campion respondents (percentages) 11.4 Comparison of readership of horoscope columns: author's data compared with other ...
... illustrating minimum and maximum figures based on different types of question 11.3 Religious affiliation of Campion respondents (percentages) 11.4 Comparison of readership of horoscope columns: author's data compared with other ...
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My initial premise is not controversial: that astrology occupies a prominent position in the contemporary popular culture of the modern West is apparent from the ubiquitous presence of the horoscope column in print and, ...
My initial premise is not controversial: that astrology occupies a prominent position in the contemporary popular culture of the modern West is apparent from the ubiquitous presence of the horoscope column in print and, ...
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Svenson and White, for example, looked at the content of horoscope columns and Michael Dambrun explored prejudice amongst astrologers.23 There is, though, little consensus amongst current academic work. In his literature review of 2005, ...
Svenson and White, for example, looked at the content of horoscope columns and Michael Dambrun explored prejudice amongst astrologers.23 There is, though, little consensus amongst current academic work. In his literature review of 2005, ...
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fifteenth century) and, in the modern world, newspaper and magazine 'sun-sign columns'. 30 Charles Burnett, 'The Certitude of Astrology: The Scientific Methodology of alQabïsï and abū Ma'shar', Early Science and Medicine, 7/3 (2002), ...
fifteenth century) and, in the modern world, newspaper and magazine 'sun-sign columns'. 30 Charles Burnett, 'The Certitude of Astrology: The Scientific Methodology of alQabïsï and abū Ma'shar', Early Science and Medicine, 7/3 (2002), ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
SunSign Astrology | |
The Survival of Belief in Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
Belief in Astrology | |
The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
With Their Own Voices | |
Modernity and Normality | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
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