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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الصفحة 2
... concerned with whether astrology is a religion, and particularly whether it is 'New Age'. While my data is mainly from the English-speaking world, there is a recognisable community of astrologers in the modern West who share similar ...
... concerned with whether astrology is a religion, and particularly whether it is 'New Age'. While my data is mainly from the English-speaking world, there is a recognisable community of astrologers in the modern West who share similar ...
الصفحة 3
... concerned with the numbers of people who believe in astrology as well as with the nature of that belief, I draw partly from existing data and partly from my own research. Having dealt with the problem of the extent of belief in ...
... concerned with the numbers of people who believe in astrology as well as with the nature of that belief, I draw partly from existing data and partly from my own research. Having dealt with the problem of the extent of belief in ...
الصفحة 5
... concern with its contemporary cultural nature and function. To put it bluntly, most academics have shunned it. The literature on cultural studies has steered clear of it, largely because it avoids anything which it believes belongs ...
... concern with its contemporary cultural nature and function. To put it bluntly, most academics have shunned it. The literature on cultural studies has steered clear of it, largely because it avoids anything which it believes belongs ...
الصفحة 6
... concerned with the astrologer's 'I-picture', the definitions astrologers use for themselves, as opposed to those which may be allocated to them by academics or external critics.18 Yet the study of astrology's contemporary cultural ...
... concerned with the astrologer's 'I-picture', the definitions astrologers use for themselves, as opposed to those which may be allocated to them by academics or external critics.18 Yet the study of astrology's contemporary cultural ...
الصفحة 7
... concerned with testing astrology's claims, only a few approached anything useful from a sociological point of view. Svenson and White, for example, looked at the content of horoscope columns and Michael Dambrun explored prejudice ...
... concerned with testing astrology's claims, only a few approached anything useful from a sociological point of view. Svenson and White, for example, looked at the content of horoscope columns and Michael Dambrun explored prejudice ...
المحتوى
| 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 |
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