Angels or spirits who rule over certain geographical areas
Territorial spirits are national angels ,[ 1] or demons who rule over certain geographical areas in the world, a concept accepted within the Charismatic movement , Pentecostalism , and Dominionist Kingdom Now theology . This belief has been popularized by the novel This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti [ 2] as well as by the ministry of C. Peter Wagner and the related New Apostolic Reformation .[ 3] The existence of territorial spirits is viewed as significant in spiritual warfare within these Christian groups.
^ Carr, Wesley (2005). Angels and principalities : the background, meaning, and development of the Pauline phrase hai archai kai hai exousiai . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 0521018757 .
^ Gardella, Peter (2018). "26. Spiritual Warfare in the Fiction of Frank Peretti". In McDannell, Colleen (ed.). Religions of the United States in Practice . Vol. 2. Princeton: Princeton University Press . pp. 328, 330–332. doi :10.1515/9780691188133-029 . ISBN 9780691188133 .
^ Taylor, Matthew D.; Onishi, Bradley (January 6, 2023). "Evidence Strongly Suggests Trump Was Collaborating with Christian Nationalist Leaders Before January 6th" . Religion Dispatches . Retrieved April 14, 2024 .