Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Sartre's God Problem

Mailer mixes praise of Sartre with criticism for his atheism. See 55.11. Rpt: 13.1.

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An essay in The Nation mixing praise of Jean-Paul Sartre with criticism of his atheism — a late return to Mailer’s lifelong quarrel with existentialism without God (see 55.11). It drew disagreeing letters to which Mailer replied in “God and Man and Mailer” (05.11). Rpt: 13.1.

First published: 2005-06-06
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 05.7
Cite as: /works/2005-06-06-sartres-god-problem
Last updated: 2026-06-08