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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Astrology is a familiar feature of modern culture, yet is widely ignored by the Academy. Our attempts to understand its claims, practices and philosophical context have tended to fall prey to the legacy of the self-defined Enlightenment ...
Astrology is a familiar feature of modern culture, yet is widely ignored by the Academy. Our attempts to understand its claims, practices and philosophical context have tended to fall prey to the legacy of the self-defined Enlightenment ...
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... that of astrology believers, but the latter still represent a sizeable number.5 These rather startling figures should tell us something about modern religious culture yet are largely ignored by academics and religious specialists.
... that of astrology believers, but the latter still represent a sizeable number.5 These rather startling figures should tell us something about modern religious culture yet are largely ignored by academics and religious specialists.
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7 Gaye Tuchman, 'The Symbolic Annihilation of Women by the Mass Media', in Lane Crothers and Charles Lockhart, Culture and Politics: A Reader (New York, 2000), pp. 150–74. My sub-title is 'Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement'.
7 Gaye Tuchman, 'The Symbolic Annihilation of Women by the Mass Media', in Lane Crothers and Charles Lockhart, Culture and Politics: A Reader (New York, 2000), pp. 150–74. My sub-title is 'Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement'.
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8 The core of the work is historiographical and I devote a great deal of attention to dissecting the literature to date on the origins of modern New Age and astrological culture. My fieldwork is tentative and preliminary and far from ...
8 The core of the work is historiographical and I devote a great deal of attention to dissecting the literature to date on the origins of modern New Age and astrological culture. My fieldwork is tentative and preliminary and far from ...
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... without reliable sources, they tend to be repeated as journalists base subsequent reports on each other's work.13 There is, in fact, little in the way of reliable information on astrology's place in contemporary British culture.
... without reliable sources, they tend to be repeated as journalists base subsequent reports on each other's work.13 There is, in fact, little in the way of reliable information on astrology's place in contemporary British culture.
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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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| 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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