Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement - Campion, Nicholas (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2012)
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; 1 Introduction: A Million-Dollar Business?; 2 Cosmic Liberation: The Pursuit of the Millennium; 3 The Shock of the New: The Age of Aquarius; 4 Celestial Enlightenment: The New Age; 5 End Times: The New Age and the Age of Aquarius; 6 The Writing of Heaven: New Age Astrology; 9 Salvation and the Stars: Astrology, Religion and Belief; 10 Superstitious Times: The Extent of Belief in Astrology; 11 Belief in Astrology: A Public Survey; 12 In Their Own Words: The Astrologers' Universe of Discourse; 13 With Their Own Voices: Interviews with Astrologers
14 Conclusion: Modernity and NormalityBibliography; Index
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-245) and index