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Angels (and Demons): What Do We Really Know About Them?

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In response to actual questions many people have asked him about angels and demons, well-known author and philosophy professor Peter Kreeft separates fact from fantasy and myth from reality as he answers 100 common questions about these spiritual beings. Based on a very popular college course he teaches on this subject, this book responds to the incredible amount of interest in angelic beings and attempts to clear up some of the misinformation abounding in the numerous books today on what we know about these mysterious spirits.
Drawing on the Bible, traditional Church teaching and St. Thomas Aquinas, Kreeft gives straight, clear answers to the perennial and philosophical questions asked about angels and demons throughout time. In his typical lucid, profound and sometimes humorous style, Kreeft answers such questions as ''What are angels made of'', ''How do angels communicate with God'', ''How do angels communicate with us'', ''Do demons, or devils, or evil spirits really exist?'' and many more. Includes angel art.

157 pages, Paperback

First published December 1,1995

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157 pages, Paperback
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December 1, 1995 by Ignatius Press
ISBN
9780898705508
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0898705509
Language
English
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Peter Kreeft is a Catholic apologist, professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College, and author of over 45 books including Fundamentals of the Faith, Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Heaven, and Back to Virtue. Some consider him the best Catholic philosopher currently residing in the United States. His ideas draw heavily from religious and philosophical tradition, especially Thomas Aquinas, Socrates, G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis. Kreeft has writings on Socratic logic, the sea, Jesus Christ, the Summa Theologica, angels, Blaise Pascal, and Heaven, as well as his work on the Problem of Evil, for which he was interviewed by Lee Strobel in his bestseller, The Case for Faith.

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NaTsu879
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March 26,2025
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In transparency, I skimmed through this one and read the questions that interested me. It is definitely in the style of a pontificating professor... Lots of apologetic tangents that were non-essential for readers who already believe in the supernatural. Had some info, but not really what I was looking for.
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Gantle
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March 26,2025
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Enjoyable, but I expected more references. There were quite a few statements that sounded suspiciously like opinions, and I never saw the background or reasoning behind them. Interesting start to studying angelology.
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Tsukoyomi
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March 26,2025
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Rekomenduoju tiems, kas ieško knygos apie angelus ir šiek tiek apie demonus. Ne bet kaip, o būtent iš katalikiškos pasaulėžiūros. Ne per daug sudėtingai, labai aiškiai. Sužinojau begalę, ko nežinojau. Tokių informacinių knygų apie angelus nelabai ir žinau.
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coolasianbro
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March 26,2025
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In this work, Kreeft provides the best exposition on Angels and Demons that I’ve ever encountered. Concise, dense, and filled to the brim with source texts, grounding his presentation in philosophy and theology. A great place to start for those who find themselves wondering about the subject. The author breaks down the topics in question and answer format, for ease of inward digestion. The reader can pick up and put down the text with ease.

Bonus: Appendix B, “A Snakebite Letter: Sex and the Media”, provides a modern take on C.S. Lewis’ “Screwtape Letters.”
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gadboyz
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March 26,2025
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A fantastic explanation of the angelic choirs. Kreeft's tone is wise, light, and comedic. This makes for an easy read for anyone wanting to know more about our angelic friends, and would be my first recommendation for anyone wanting to learn more on the topic
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Masquer
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March 26,2025
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tPeter Kreeft’s Angels (and Demons) is a succinct response to the angelmania of the 1990’s in a question-and-answer format about topics such as “of what are angels made?” and “when did the angelic fall happen?” Kreeft’s answers are often personal-opinion-based and aren’t necessarily directly from Scripture or Church teaching—for example, he seems to take the existence of ghosts for granted, and very few of the many references to which he claims to appeal are sourced. The book is based on the popularity and content of an angels-and-demons course that Prof. Kreeft taught at Boston College. In that light, I read this as the book form of a freewheeling office hours chat with a wise and experienced (but a little old-fashioned and tangent-prone) professor, rather than as either transcendent spiritual reading or a rigorous work of theology. This approach can also help sift the wheat of the material (yes, both angels and demons are real and very powerful) from the chaff (the entire “do angels have a special connection with the sea?” section, among others).
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tsukiimaru
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March 26,2025
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Beautiful

It answered a lot of questions and help me see and understand a lot of things I recommended this book
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Yuri-san
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March 26,2025
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Great book

Well written and insightful. A lot of interesting topics covered and truly everything you could want to know about Angels.
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