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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... 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 manages to cross national boundaries , in spite of 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 manages to cross national boundaries , in spite of the ...
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... evidence , from Galileo to the latest space probe'.10 One may ask why , if it is drivel , it arouses such anger , and why one part of British media regulation regards it as so dangerous . In spite of such opposition , all women's ...
... evidence , from Galileo to the latest space probe'.10 One may ask why , if it is drivel , it arouses such anger , and why one part of British media regulation regards it as so dangerous . In spite of such opposition , all women's ...
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... evidence from either practitioners or users . To use Ninian Smart's adaptation of Husserl's phrase , I am concerned with the astrologer's ' I - picture ' , the definitions astrologers use for themselves , as opposed to those which may ...
... evidence from either practitioners or users . To use Ninian Smart's adaptation of Husserl's phrase , I am concerned with the astrologer's ' I - picture ' , the definitions astrologers use for themselves , as opposed to those which may ...
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... evidence base and context in the history of ideas . My concerns are partly historical . 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 ...
... evidence base and context in the history of ideas . My concerns are partly historical . 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 ...
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... evidence for such beliefs'.37 A typical view was expressed by John Silber , President of Boston University . He argued that Astrology is in fact a bizarre survival from pre - scientific times . Its theories were worked out when people ...
... evidence for such beliefs'.37 A typical view was expressed by John Silber , President of Boston University . He argued that Astrology is in fact a bizarre survival from pre - scientific times . Its theories were worked out when people ...
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