What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, fairies, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? This Very Short Introduction investigates stories and speculations about angels in religions old and new, in art, literature, film, and the popular imagination.
What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, fairies, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? This Very Short Introduction investigates stories and speculations about angels in religions old and new, in art, literature, film, and the popular imagination.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Professor David Jones is Director of The Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, and was previously the Academic Director in the School of Theology, Philosophy, and History at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. He has written three previous books, Approaching the End: a theological exploration of death and dying (OUP, 2007), The Soul of the Embryo: an enquiry into the status of the human embryo in the Christian tradition (Continuum, 2004), and An Introduction to the Catholic Faith (Family Publications, 1999).
Inhaltsangabe
1: Preface 2: A brief history of angels 3: Picturing angels 4: What is an angel? 5: Divine messengers 6: Ministering spirits 7: Heavenly hosts 8: Fallen angels 9: Wrestling with angels 1: Preface 2: A brief history of angels 3: Picturing angels 4: What is an angel? 5: Divine messangers 6: Ministering spirits 7: Heavenly hosts 8: Fallen angels 9: Wrestling with angels Further reading
1: Preface 2: A brief history of angels 3: Picturing angels 4: What is an angel? 5: Divine messengers 6: Ministering spirits 7: Heavenly hosts 8: Fallen angels 9: Wrestling with angels 1: Preface 2: A brief history of angels 3: Picturing angels 4: What is an angel? 5: Divine messangers 6: Ministering spirits 7: Heavenly hosts 8: Fallen angels 9: Wrestling with angels Further reading
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