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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Our attempts to understand its claims, practices and philosophical context have tended to fall prey to the legacy of the self-defined Enlightenment struggle against superstition, and it has too often been condemned or dismissed, ...
Our attempts to understand its claims, practices and philosophical context have tended to fall prey to the legacy of the self-defined Enlightenment struggle against superstition, and it has too often been condemned or dismissed, ...
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My intention is to place the discussion of astrology's modern status in a context which is wide enough to allow a better understanding of the recent history and present status of esoteric ideas, occult practices and alternative ...
My intention is to place the discussion of astrology's modern status in a context which is wide enough to allow a better understanding of the recent history and present status of esoteric ideas, occult practices and alternative ...
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Being concerned with the nature of supposed belief in astrology within a wider context of the history of ideas, I will deal with both millenarianism and the New Age chiefly as ideological rather than, say, sociological phenomena.
Being concerned with the nature of supposed belief in astrology within a wider context of the history of ideas, I will deal with both millenarianism and the New Age chiefly as ideological rather than, say, sociological phenomena.
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... the ground for social research by cutting through the polemics which normally dominate public discourse on astrology – whether for or against – and begin to establish a sociological evidence base and context in the history of ideas.
... the ground for social research by cutting through the polemics which normally dominate public discourse on astrology – whether for or against – and begin to establish a sociological evidence base and context in the history of ideas.
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The descriptions we use tend to condition the kind of conclusions which are reached. For example, if astrology is classified as a form of divination it tends to be more controversial in a Christian context, but often less so ...
The descriptions we use tend to condition the kind of conclusions which are reached. For example, if astrology is classified as a form of divination it tends to be more controversial in a Christian context, but often less so ...
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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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| العنوان | Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement |
| المؤلف | Nicholas Campion |
| الإصدار | معاد طباعته |
| الناشر | Routledge, 2016 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 1317177789, 9781317177784 |
| عدد الصفحات | 264 من الصفحات |
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