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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The evidence of opinion polls suggests that public interest in astrology is similar in, say, Germany and France, to the UK and the US, while the network of organised astrologers ...
The evidence of opinion polls suggests that public interest in astrology is similar in, say, Germany and France, to the UK and the US, while the network of organised astrologers ...
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6 overwhelmingly female, a fact which has never been properly addressed, although the wider female interest in the paranormal has attracted attention. Are women just gullible? Or do they find a mode of expression, a kind of knowing, ...
6 overwhelmingly female, a fact which has never been properly addressed, although the wider female interest in the paranormal has attracted attention. Are women just gullible? Or do they find a mode of expression, a kind of knowing, ...
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Although astrology is, as has been noted, a subject of considerable journalistic interest, there has been little academic concern with its contemporary cultural nature and function. To put it bluntly, most academics have shunned it.
Although astrology is, as has been noted, a subject of considerable journalistic interest, there has been little academic concern with its contemporary cultural nature and function. To put it bluntly, most academics have shunned it.
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My interest is with astrology's cultural status, rather than with the truth of its claims. As Gaynard observed in his study of young people's belief in the paranormal, 'it is probably of equal interest to ask, for example, ...
My interest is with astrology's cultural status, rather than with the truth of its claims. As Gaynard observed in his study of young people's belief in the paranormal, 'it is probably of equal interest to ask, for example, ...
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In particular, I am interested in the problem of origins, in this case of the New Age movement and of contemporary astrology as a language of zodiac signs, personality and psychological potential. While the foundation of my study is ...
In particular, I am interested in the problem of origins, in this case of the New Age movement and of contemporary astrology as a language of zodiac signs, personality and psychological potential. While the foundation of my study is ...
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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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