Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement

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Routledge, 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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A MillionDollar Business?
1
The Pursuit of the Millennium
13
The Age of Aquarius
21
The New Age
29
The New Age and the Age of Aquarius
41
New Age Astrology
51
SunSign Astrology
69
The Survival of Belief in Astrology
85
The Extent of Belief in Astrology
127
A Public Survey
145
The Astrologers Universe of Discourse
167
Interviews with Astrologers
187
Modernity and Normality
203
Bibliography
219
Index
247
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Astrology Religion and Belief
115

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Nicholas Campion is Associate Professor in Cosmology and Culture and Principal Lecturer in Faculty of Humanities and the Performing Arts at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He is programme director of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology.

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