angel and demon

Introduction
Nature and significance
- Angels
- Demons
Celestial and noncelestial forms: relationships of beliefs in angels and demons to views of the cosmos
- Relationship to views of a tripartite cosmos
- Relationship to views of a dualistic cosmos
- Relationship to views of a monistic cosmos
- Belief in demons as common to all religious or mythological views about the cosmos
Types of angels and demons
- Benevolent beings
- Malevolent beings
- Ambivalent or neutral beings
Varieties of angels and demons in the religions of the world
- In Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- In the religions of the East
- In nonliterate religions

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