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Defending God

Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil

  • Hardback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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For theologians and seekers of deep understanding

Addresses doubts about God's justice and morality

You will gain insights into theodicy and faith's challenges

Defending God explores the complex relationship between morality and the divine through thought-provoking analysis.

In the ancient Near East, when the gods detected gross impropriety in their ranks, they subjected their own to trial. When mortals suspect their gods of wrongdoing, do they have the right to put them on trial? What lies behind the human endeavor to impose moral standards of behavior on the gods? Is this effort an act of arrogance, as Kant suggested, or a means of keeping theological discourse honest? It is this question James Crenshaw seeks to address in this wide-ranging study of ancient theodicies. Crenshaw has been writing about and pondering the issue of theodicy - the human effort to justify the ways of the gods or God - for many years. In this volume he presents a synthesis of his ideas on this perennially thorny issue. The result sheds new light on the history of the human struggle with this intractable problem.
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  • Title

    Defending God

  • Author

    James L. Crenshaw

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    May 2005

  • Weight

    568g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195140026

  • ISBN-10

    0195140028

  • Eden Code

    1146798

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