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Angels

A Visible and Invisible History [Hardback]

by Peter Stanford

Touching on spirituality, culture, history, theology and psychology, Peter Stanford makes a thoughtful investigation into the history of Angels.

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  • Peter Stanford explores the origins and lasting effect of Angels to this day

  • A thought-provoking way of seeing the forces behind the continuing zeal of Angels

  • Author

    Peter Stanford

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    John Murray Press

  • Published

    March 2019

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A thought-provoking and entertaining twenty-first century look at what was once referred to as 'angelology', which searches out the origins of angels in religious thought, history, psychology and wider culture, and asks why, in an age of disbelief, they remain more compelling and comforting for many than God.

'In a 2016 poll, one in 10 Britons claimed to have experienced the presence of an angel, while one in three remain convinced that they have a guardian angel. These are huge numbers and mean that, on some counts, angels are doing better than God.'

In the secular, sceptical, post-Christian world of the West, continuing faith in angels is both anomaly and comfort. But what exactly are angels, and why have so many in different times and contexts around the globe believed in them? What is their history and role in the great faiths and beyond their walls? Are angels something real, a manifestation of divine concern? Or part of the poetry of religion? And can they continue to illuminate a deeper truth about human existence and the cosmos?

These are not new questions. They have been asked over millennia, right up to the present day, as writer, journalist and broadcaster Peter Stanford explores in Angels, his latest investigation into the history, theology and cultural significance of religious ideas.

Prelude: Loving Angels Instead

Part One: The Authorised Version of Angels

1. Holy Books - The First Angels

2. Wrestling With Angels - Genesis and the Hebrew Scriptures

3. Call Us By Our Names - Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

4. Enoch and the 'Watchers' of Heaven

5. Putting Angels in Their Place - the New Testament

Part Two: The Enduring Influence of Angels

7. How Angels Helped the Early Church to Grow

8. Francis, Avicenna and Aquinas - When Angelology was Taken Seriously

9. From Invisible to Visible - Bringing Angels to Life

10. The Renaissance Angels

11. The Enlightenment - Moving the Margins

12. Angels on the Modern Shelf

Epilogue: Dwellers All In Time and Space

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Notes

Index

Specification

  • Author

    Peter Stanford

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    John Murray Press

  • Published

    March 2019

  • Weight

    562g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    168 x 230 x 25 mm

  • ISBN

    9781473622081

  • ISBN-10

    1473622085

  • Eden Code

    4674221

More Information

  • Author/Creator: Peter Stanford

  • ISBN: 9781473622081

  • Publisher: John Murray Press

  • Release Date: March 2019

  • Weight: 562g

  • Dimensions: 168 x 230 x 25 mm

  • Eden Code: 4674221


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