Gustav-Adolf Schoener promovierte am Institut für Philosophie der Leibniz Universität Hannover zum Doktor der Philosophie und habilitierte sich anschließend am Institut für Religionswissenschaft. Seine zentralen Forschungs- und Lehrschwerpunkte liegen auf Religionen, Weltanschauungen und Esoterik, wie sie sich in der Antike, der Frühen Neuzeit und der Moderne in der europäischen Religionsgeschichte zeigen. Darüber hinaus ist er Sprachlehrer für Latein und Altgriechisch am Institut für Theologie der Leibniz Universität.
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Biographie von PD Dr. Schoener
bis 1984 – Studium der evangelischen Theologie in Berlin
bis 1994 – Studium der Geschichte und Philosophie – Promotion zum Dr. phil.
bis 1994 – Tätigkeit in der Jugend- Und Erwachsenenbildung
1996-2020 – Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Religionswissenschaft und am Institut für Theologie der Leibniz Universität Hannover
seit 1996 nebenberuflich und seit 2021 hauptberufliche Tätigkeit als Freier Bestattungsredner
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Astrologie in der Europäischen Religionsgeschichte – Kontinuität und Diskontinuität – mit Dr. habil. Gustav Adolf Schoener – https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Gustav-Adolf-Schoener-ebook/dp/B076F9TKGC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Astrologie+in+der+Europäischen+Religionsgeschichte&qid=1615553424&sr=8-1
Astrology in European Religious History: Its Philosophical Foundations through the Ages (English Edition) – This treatise on religious studies traces the European tradition of astrology from its oriental beginnings to the present day. The aim is to get a view of the different mythological, philosophical and theological ideas of the cosmos (especially with Platonic and Aristotelian borrowings), which astrology has repeatedly reformulated and carried through all epochs. However, it seems as if astrology had lost its plausibility with the overcoming of the geocentric world view by Copernicus and Kepler and could only continue to exist as an „intellectual regression“ (Theodor Adorno). This view is countered by the thesis, founded here, that astrology has been able to survive the changes in world views unscathed because it designs philosophical (holistic) patterns of reasoning into the relationship between cosmos and humans, which in a Platonic sense understand the cosmos as an intelligent and vital organism.
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Astrology in Time and Place
Cross-Cultural Questions in the History of Astrology, edited by Nicholas Campion & Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
Die Konferenz fand vom 23. bis 24. Juni 2012 in Bath, UK statt.
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The conference was organized under the auspices of the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter. It was one of a series of international gatherings that aimed to place astrology firmly within academic discourse—not as a belief system to be defended or attacked, but as a historical and cultural practice with deep roots in many civilizations. – The event that produced this volume took place in Bath, UK, in 2012, as part of the Sophia Centre’s ongoing “History of Astrology” conferences. The book was later published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2015.
“The Difference between Methods of Natural Sciences and Methods of Religious Studies on Modern Astrology” – Page 173 ff
Schoener addresses the fundamental question of how modern astrology can be studied scientifically. He contrasts two methodological approaches – Natural-scientific methods
These ask above all: “Does astrology work in an objectively measurable way?”
Typical examples include statistical analyses, double-blind tests, and psychological experiments. Schoener points out that such approaches usually lead to negative results, because they force astrology into a natural-scientific paradigm that does not necessarily correspond to its own self-understanding. – Religious-studies methods
These do not presuppose whether a practice is “true” or “false.” Instead, they examine what meaning it has for people and cultures. Astrology is thus studied in the same way as religion, ritual, or myth—as a system of meaning and interpretation.
Here, the more relevant questions are: Which needs does astrology fulfill? How is it interpreted? Within which cultural and symbolic framework does it operate?
Core Argument
Schoener emphasizes that astrology, as a cultural phenomenon, can only be adequately understood through hermeneutical and religious-studies approaches. Natural-scientific tests fall short, because they cannot capture the symbolic, ritual, and existential dimensions of astrology.
Significance within the Book
Within the edited volume, the lecture represents a methodological self-reflection. While many contributions present concrete historical or cultural case studies, Schoener reminds readers that the choice of method is crucial. Those who examine astrology exclusively through natural-scientific tests risk missing its very essence.
- He confirms that astrology is, above all, a system of meaning and interpretation, rooted in history.
- His religious-studies perspective supports a tradition-conscious way of working, one that is not reduced to natural-scientific verifiability.