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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... astrology, particularly attendees at astrology conferences. This may seem obvious, but it is surprising how often statements about astrology's nature are made without any evidence from either practitioners or users. To use Ninian ...
... astrology, particularly attendees at astrology conferences. This may seem obvious, but it is surprising how often statements about astrology's nature are made without any evidence from either practitioners or users. To use Ninian ...
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... astrology in popular culture in 1975, but his challenge was ignored.22 Aside from those writers who were concerned with testing astrology's claims, only a few approached anything useful from a sociological point of view. Svenson and ...
... astrology in popular culture in 1975, but his challenge was ignored.22 Aside from those writers who were concerned with testing astrology's claims, only a few approached anything useful from a sociological point of view. Svenson and ...
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... astrology's status must revolve around what exactly it is. The descriptions we use tend to condition the kind of conclusions which are reached. For example, if astrology is classified as a form of divination it tends to be more ...
... astrology's status must revolve around what exactly it is. The descriptions we use tend to condition the kind of conclusions which are reached. For example, if astrology is classified as a form of divination it tends to be more ...
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... astrology. Natural astrology required no more than the observation of natural influences deriving from the planets ... astrology's sometimes contradictory position in the West, especially denunciations of it, which invariably referred ...
... astrology. Natural astrology required no more than the observation of natural influences deriving from the planets ... astrology's sometimes contradictory position in the West, especially denunciations of it, which invariably referred ...
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... astrology ... remains as prevalent today as ever, despite the lack of scientific evidence for such beliefs'.37 A ... astrology's continued existence in the modern world is an anomaly, a legacy of the past which has survived in spite ...
... astrology ... remains as prevalent today as ever, despite the lack of scientific evidence for such beliefs'.37 A ... astrology's continued existence in the modern world is an anomaly, a legacy of the past which has survived in spite ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
SunSign Astrology | |
The Survival of Belief in Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
Belief in Astrology | |
The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
With Their Own Voices | |
Modernity and Normality | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
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