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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Campion, Nicholas. Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West : Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2012 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nicholas Campion |
ISBN: | 9781409435150 1409435156 9781409461494 1409461491 9786613718273 6613718270 |
OCLC Number: | 798536268 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Introduction: A million dollar business? -- Cosmic liberation : the pursuit of the millennium -- The shock of the new : the Age of Aquarius -- Celestial enlightenment : the New Age -- End times : the New Age and the Age of Aquarius -- The writing of heaven : New Age astrology -- Oracles to the vulgar : sun sign astrology -- An evolutionary paradox : the survival of belief in astrology -- Salvation and the stars : astrology, religion, and belief -- Superstitious times : the extent of belief in astrology -- Belief in astrology : a public survey -- In their own words : the astrologers' universe of discourse -- With their own voices : interviews with astrologers -- Conclusion: Modernity and normality. |
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'This is a wonderful book, which has a lot of important things to say, not just about astrology, but about the nature of modern Western society.' Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol, UK 'Not concerned with the truth of its claims, Campion establishes a foundation for sociological inquiry to close a lacuna in understanding astrology's cultural status in contemporary Anglo-American society. To this end, he examines apocalyptic millenarianism, the New Age movement, Christian and "scientistic" rivalry in relation to the persistent fascination with the language of zodiac signs and the "judicial" astrological industry that has arisen from it. Campion's comprehensive approach ranges from fortune telling, media popularity and the complex skills involved with the discipline to philosophical and theological concerns with ethics.' Michael York, Cherry Hill Seminary, USA and Co-director London Academy for Cultural and Educational Studies Read more...

