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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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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Richard Dawkins, formerly Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, believes that astrologers should be prosecuted for fraud, while the British television regulatory code prohibits the broadcast of ...
Richard Dawkins, formerly Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, believes that astrologers should be prosecuted for fraud, while the British television regulatory code prohibits the broadcast of ...
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... published actually encourage theologians to study popular culture, rather than subject religion to the rigours of cultural analysis.14 14 See, for example, Gordon Lynch, Understanding Theology and Popular Culture (Oxford, 2005).
... published actually encourage theologians to study popular culture, rather than subject religion to the rigours of cultural analysis.14 14 See, for example, Gordon Lynch, Understanding Theology and Popular Culture (Oxford, 2005).
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... though, not necessary to argue that astrology is a religion in order to make the point that an understanding of the cultural milieu within which it thrives may shed light on contemporary society as a whole. Dale Caird and Henry Law, ...
... though, not necessary to argue that astrology is a religion in order to make the point that an understanding of the cultural milieu within which it thrives may shed light on contemporary society as a whole. Dale Caird and Henry Law, ...
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In his literature review of 2005, Ivan Kelly concluded that astrology 'offers no valid contribution to understanding ourselves, not our place in the cosmos'.24 Even Kelly, though, was equivocal: removing the word 'valid' still enables ...
In his literature review of 2005, Ivan Kelly concluded that astrology 'offers no valid contribution to understanding ourselves, not our place in the cosmos'.24 Even Kelly, though, was equivocal: removing the word 'valid' still enables ...
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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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