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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Fourthly, does astrology's continued existence represent the anomalous survival of a pre-modern superstition in the modern world: is it, as Theodor Adorno claimed, 'basically discordant with today's universal state of.
Fourthly, does astrology's continued existence represent the anomalous survival of a pre-modern superstition in the modern world: is it, as Theodor Adorno claimed, 'basically discordant with today's universal state of.
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... its Defenders and Debunkers and American Culture (Madison WI, 1993), p. 6. 41 Paul Heelas, The New Age Movement (Oxford, 1996), pp. 23, 24, 138. My purpose is to consider whether astrology's continued existence in ...
... its Defenders and Debunkers and American Culture (Madison WI, 1993), p. 6. 41 Paul Heelas, The New Age Movement (Oxford, 1996), pp. 23, 24, 138. My purpose is to consider whether astrology's continued existence in ...
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4 This period, the prophecy continues, will culminate with Satan's release and the final battle between good and evil, God's victory and the inauguration of a final stage of existence, the 'new heaven', 'new earth' and 'new Jerusalem'.5 ...
4 This period, the prophecy continues, will culminate with Satan's release and the final battle between good and evil, God's victory and the inauguration of a final stage of existence, the 'new heaven', 'new earth' and 'new Jerusalem'.5 ...
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The New Age, by contrast, is a phase of history whose existence in time is defined by humanity's near-universal psychological inclination to anticipate an imminent transformation in society, the world, or the entire universe.
The New Age, by contrast, is a phase of history whose existence in time is defined by humanity's near-universal psychological inclination to anticipate an imminent transformation in society, the world, or the entire universe.
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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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