Angels : a history
Stanford, Peter, 1961-2020
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In the secular, sceptical, scientific post-Christian world of the West, statistics reveal that many of us still believe in angels. A survey even reports that one in six atheists may rule out God but accept angels. But what are angels, and what is their basis, their history and their continuing role in the great faiths, and beyond their walls? Are they a symbol of God's concern, nothing more than a metaphor, part of the poetry of religion, created to illuminate a deeper truth about human existence and the universe? Or are they something more challenging - real, if not quite flesh and blood? Here, author, broadcaster and biographer Peter Stanford explores these questions in an often very personal journey into the history and current cult of these familiar heavenly creatures.
Main title:
Angels : a history / Peter Stanford.
Author:
Stanford, Peter, 1961-, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2020.
Collation:
viii, 344 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473622098 (pbk)
Dewey class:
202.1509
LC class:
BL477
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2710039