Many people in the New Age movement are interested in angels and have a belief in guardian angels looking after each of us. It is easy to criticise the New Age movement but on this occasion there are bridges that can be made to the Christian tradition. This is because it is difficult to imagine angels, who are personalities, without reference to THE ultimate person (or in Trinity theology - "persons").
The New Age movement does not engage with the idea of a personal God - which is the heart of the Christian message. So I would argue that we can use the concept of personal beings close to reflecting something of the nature of God. But even more theologically controversial is the Christian concept that angels are not the pinnacle of creation. We are.
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