Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age MovementRoutledge, 15/04/2016 - 264 من الصفحات This 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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... Western millenarian and apocalyptic tradition? Secondly, if astrology is a New Age discipline, should it be seen as a rival to mainstream Christianity, as so many Christian apologists insist? Thirdly, if astrology is indeed a rival to ...
... Western millenarian and apocalyptic tradition? Secondly, if astrology is a New Age discipline, should it be seen as a rival to mainstream Christianity, as so many Christian apologists insist? Thirdly, if astrology is indeed a rival to ...
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... Western esoteric tradition, a New Age belief or practice, paranormal or an 'alternative religion', is seen as a potential contributor to the decline of the mainstream churches in Britain, is regarded as worthy of comment by the ...
... Western esoteric tradition, a New Age belief or practice, paranormal or an 'alternative religion', is seen as a potential contributor to the decline of the mainstream churches in Britain, is regarded as worthy of comment by the ...
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... Western Astrology (2 vols, London, 2009), vol. 2, p. 12. 29 Claudius Ptolemy, 'Centiloquium', in John Partridge, Mikropanastron, or an Astrological Vade Mecum, briefly Teaching the whole Art of Astrology – viz., Questions, Nativities ...
... Western Astrology (2 vols, London, 2009), vol. 2, p. 12. 29 Claudius Ptolemy, 'Centiloquium', in John Partridge, Mikropanastron, or an Astrological Vade Mecum, briefly Teaching the whole Art of Astrology – viz., Questions, Nativities ...
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... Western terms, astrological, and the study of astrology's place in the modern world may have implications for our understanding of other aspects of culture which may not be as profound as they were until the seventeenth century but may ...
... Western terms, astrological, and the study of astrology's place in the modern world may have implications for our understanding of other aspects of culture which may not be as profound as they were until the seventeenth century but may ...
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... Western Culture (Leiden and New York, 1996), pp. 96, 98–103; Stuart Sutcliffe, Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices (London, 2003), pp. 9, 11, 17. The word 'millenarianism' has both narrow and broad definitions ...
... Western Culture (Leiden and New York, 1996), pp. 96, 98–103; Stuart Sutcliffe, Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices (London, 2003), pp. 9, 11, 17. The word 'millenarianism' has both narrow and broad definitions ...
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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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