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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... belief in astrology, and to place it in its wider cultural environment, in particular in relation to religious and ... Study of Cosmology in Culture, School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint ...
... belief in astrology, and to place it in its wider cultural environment, in particular in relation to religious and ... Study of Cosmology in Culture, School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint ...
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... study and practice of the presumed relationship between the celestial bodies and events on earth – has millions of ... religion, an art or a science; it may be a matter of studying the supposed relationships between celestial and ...
... study and practice of the presumed relationship between the celestial bodies and events on earth – has millions of ... religion, an art or a science; it may be a matter of studying the supposed relationships between celestial and ...
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... religion to popular culture which have been published actually encourage theologians to study popular culture, rather than subject religion to the rigours of cultural analysis.14 When we come to the sociology of religion, the English ...
... religion to popular culture which have been published actually encourage theologians to study popular culture, rather than subject religion to the rigours of cultural analysis.14 When we come to the sociology of religion, the English ...
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... study of young people's belief in the paranormal, 'it is probably of equal interest to ask, for example, why more people believe that they have experienced precognition than OBE [out-of-the-body experience] as it is to question why more ...
... study of young people's belief in the paranormal, 'it is probably of equal interest to ask, for example, why more people believe that they have experienced precognition than OBE [out-of-the-body experience] as it is to question why more ...
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... religious beliefs.20 This has changed, although not much, mainly due to a few studies of modern pagans. There are ... Study of Religion, 21/2 (1982), p. 152. 21 Marcia Moore, Astrology Today: A Socio-Psychological Survey, Astrological ...
... religious beliefs.20 This has changed, although not much, mainly due to a few studies of modern pagans. There are ... Study of Religion, 21/2 (1982), p. 152. 21 Marcia Moore, Astrology Today: A Socio-Psychological Survey, Astrological ...
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| 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 |
Astrology Religion and Belief | 115 |
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Age astrology Age culture Age discipline Age Movement Age of Aquarius Alan Leo Alice Bailey amongst astrologers answers apocalyptic Aquarian Age argument asked astrological ages Astrological Association Astrological Journal Astrology London astrology’s attitudes to astrology behaviour belief in astrology Blavatsky Blavatsky’s British Astrological cent century Christian affiliation church claimed concerned conference Consciousness contemporary context cosmic cosmology Dane Rudhyar David Spangler definition of astrology divine Esoteric Astrology evidence example figures future human individual interest in astrology Leo’s literature MAJMA Michael Michael York millenarian Modern Astrology nature Naylor Neoplatonic Nicholas Campion NORWAC notion Occult one’s opinion Oxford Paranormal Patrick Curry Paul Heelas planets positive postmodern prediction Prophecy psychological astrology question questionnaire readership of horoscope reincarnation religious affiliation response sample sceptical sense Society Sociology spiritual stars Study of Religion suggests sun-sign theory theosophical tradition University Western Astrology York zodiac signs