Sense and Nonsense About Angels and Demons

“Angelmania” has been a cultural phenomenon for decades and shows no signs of letting up. Angels supposedly have messages for you that just happen to align with pop psychology. We are told that we can have regular discourse with angels who will help us be healthy and wealthy. Some major religions, notably Islam and Mormonism, claim to have started following the private appearances of an angel to their founder. This book identifies and refutes nonsense about angels and demons wherever it may be found, whether from skeptics who deny their existence, New Age devotees who claim to have angels as their best friends, or even Christians who espouse some extreme and in some instances harmful views. The antidote to all such nonsense is a clear understanding of what the Bible does and does not say about angels and demons. The authors address popular ideas about guardian angels and demonic possession and set forth guidelines for evaluating reports of angelic encounters.

“Not only did this book answer all my questions about angels and demons to my satisfaction, but it even answered a few that I didn’t even know I had! Being in Mormon Studies, I appreciated it when the authors directly addressed the erroneous teachings regarding angels and demons that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has produced. This is a book that I will be recommending to Mormon and transitioning ex-Mormon alike.”—Fred W. Anson, founder and publishing editor of the Beggar’s Bread website