Norman Mailer: Works and Days

God and Man and Norman Mailer

Eugene Kennedy's Notre Dame Magazine interview, one of Mailer's most incisive explanations of his spiritual beliefs, framed sympathetically by Kennedy, a former priest and close friend.

“God and Man and Norman Mailer,” an interview by Eugene Kennedy in Notre Dame Magazine (12, July 1983) — one of Mailer’s most incisive explanations of his spiritual beliefs, relayed and framed sympathetically by Kennedy, a former Catholic priest and good friend. For the larger arc of Mailer’s theology see 59.2, 75.2, 75.11, 82.15, and 89.11, and his final book, On God: An Uncommon Conversation (07.38).

First published: 1983-07
Form: interview
Lennon & Lennon: 83.45
Cite as: /works/1983-07-god-and-man-and-norman-mailer
Last updated: 2026-06-05