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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... coming of the often synonymous periods of the Age of Aquarius and the New Age. The cosmology under examination is astrology, especially in its assumption that great historical changes coincide with astronomical movements, and the ...
... coming of the often synonymous periods of the Age of Aquarius and the New Age. The cosmology under examination is astrology, especially in its assumption that great historical changes coincide with astronomical movements, and the ...
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... opposition, all women's magazines in the UK carry horoscope columns and, in December and January, both they and the 'tabloid' newspapers publish heavily promoted supplements of forecasts for the coming year. The same is true of much of the.
... opposition, all women's magazines in the UK carry horoscope columns and, in December and January, both they and the 'tabloid' newspapers publish heavily promoted supplements of forecasts for the coming year. The same is true of much of the.
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Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Nicholas Campion. coming year. The same is true of much of the rest of the world. Moreover, press stories on astrology generally create the impression that it is a multimillion-pound industry ...
Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Nicholas Campion. coming year. The same is true of much of the rest of the world. Moreover, press stories on astrology generally create the impression that it is a multimillion-pound industry ...
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... 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', part of an ancient matrix of ...
... 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', part of an ancient matrix of ...
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... historical crisis and a return to, or inauguration of, a golden age or state of purity may be described as millenarian. When the word 'apocalyptic' is added there is often, although not always, an expectation that the coming transformation.
... historical crisis and a return to, or inauguration of, a golden age or state of purity may be described as millenarian. When the word 'apocalyptic' is added there is often, although not always, an expectation that the coming transformation.
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The Age of Aquarius | |
The New | |
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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