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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... theories , practices and techniques around the world that some scholars prefer to talk of ' astrologies ' than ' astrology'.3 around 40 per cent of adults claim to attend a. In the view of much of the academic literature in the area ...
... theories , practices and techniques around the world that some scholars prefer to talk of ' astrologies ' than ' astrology'.3 around 40 per cent of adults claim to attend a. In the view of much of the academic literature in the area ...
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... theory of celestial influence leaves room for moral choice . The second , middling astrology , is characterised by the casting and interpretation of horoscopes , a practice requiring a considerable level of literary study and ...
... theory of celestial influence leaves room for moral choice . The second , middling astrology , is characterised by the casting and interpretation of horoscopes , a practice requiring a considerable level of literary study and ...
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... theories were worked out when people believed the earth was the center of the universe and that seven planets ... theory have any validity , this leads us to questions of modernism and modernity . Looking at the context within ...
... theories were worked out when people believed the earth was the center of the universe and that seven planets ... theory have any validity , this leads us to questions of modernism and modernity . Looking at the context within ...
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... theory, and all partook of a common tradition which was shared with the Greek-speaking world.8 Even though they may have specific connotations, and some argue that the distinctions are important, the terms 'millenarian', 'millennial ...
... theory, and all partook of a common tradition which was shared with the Greek-speaking world.8 Even though they may have specific connotations, and some argue that the distinctions are important, the terms 'millenarian', 'millennial ...
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... Theories which assume a purpose in history tend to be bound up with concepts of order in nature and the cosmos . From ... theory evolved directly out of the Jewish and Christian message of hope that a new world will be born 21 Lynn ...
... Theories which assume a purpose in history tend to be bound up with concepts of order in nature and the cosmos . From ... theory evolved directly out of the Jewish and Christian message of hope that a new world will be born 21 Lynn ...
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