Download or read book Defending God written by James L. Crenshaw and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What motivates the centuries old human endeavour to impose moral standards of behaviour on the gods? James Crenshaw offers a synthesis of his ideas on the subject of theodicy & the struggle to absolve the deity of responsibility for injustice.