LEADER 03646nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910452003903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-0842-0 010 $a0-8147-4445-1 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814744451 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100814 035 $a(EBL)915994 035 $a(OCoLC)793996677 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000676727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12219767 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10679434 035 $a(PQKB)11596683 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915994 035 $a(DE-B1597)548183 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814744451 035 $a(OCoLC)794003589 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse86891 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915994 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562039 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100814 100 $a20120319d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAstrology and cosmology in the world's religions$b[electronic resource] /$fNicholas Campion 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-1714-4 311 $a0-8147-1713-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCosmology and religion: measurement and meaning -- Astrology: the celestial mirror -- Australia: the dreaming -- Oceania: navigating the sky -- North Americas: the Great Spirit -- South and Central America: salvation and sacrifice -- Sub-Saharan Africa: heaven on earth -- Egypt: the solar society -- China: the celestial offices -- India: ancient traditions and modern practice -- Babylon: signs in the sky -- The Jews: myth, magic, and transcendence -- Classical Greece: ascent to the stars -- Christianity: influence and transcendence -- Islam: faith and reason -- Theosophical, new age, and pagan cosmologies: nature and transformation. 330 $aWhen you think of astrology, you may think of the horoscope section in your local paper, or of Nancy Reagan's consultations with an astrologer in the White House in the 1980's. Yet almost every religion uses some form of astrology: some way of thinking about the sun, moon, stars, and planets and how they hold significance for human lives on earth. Astrology and Cosmology in the World?s Religions offers an accessible overview of the astrologies of the world's religions, placing them into context within theories of how the wider universe came into being and operates. Campion traces beliefs about the heavens among peoples ranging from ancient Egypt and China, to Australia and Polynesia, and India and the Islamic world. Addressing each religion in a separate chapter, Campion outlines how, by observing the celestial bodies, people have engaged with the divine, managed the future, and attempted to understand events here on earth. This fascinating text offers a unique way to delve into comparative religions and will also appeal to those intrigued by New Age topics. 606 $aAstrology 606 $aCosmology 606 $aReligions 606 $aReligion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAstrology. 615 0$aCosmology. 615 0$aReligions. 615 0$aReligion. 676 $a202/.4 700 $aCampion$b Nicholas$0941607 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452003903321 996 $aAstrology and cosmology in the world's religions$92478661 997 $aUNINA