On God: An Uncommon Conversation
by Norman Mailer
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Author: Norman MailerContributor: Michael Lennon
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-04
ISBN: 0812979400
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Summary of On God: An Uncommon Conversation
The final book from Norman Mailer, towering figure of American literature, in which he offers his concept of the nature of God?I feel no attachment, whatsoever, to organized religion? wrote Norman Mailer. ?I see God, rather, as a Creator, as the greatest artist. I see human beings as His most developed artworks.? And in this collection of moving, amusing, probing, and uncommon dialogues conducted over three years before his death, Mailer establishes his own system of belief, one that rejects both organized religion and atheism. He presents instead a view of our world as one created by an artistic God who often succeeds but can also fail in the face of determined opposition by contrary powers in the universe with whom war is waged for the souls of humans. Mailer weighs the possibilities of ?intelligent design,? at the same time avowing that sensual pleasures were bestowed on us by God; he finds fault with the Ten Commandments?because adultery, he avers, may be a lesser evil than others suffered in a bad marriage; and he holds that technology was the Devil?s most brilliant creation. In short, Mailer is original and unpredictable in this inspiring verbal journey, in which ?God needs us as much as we need God."
Praise for On God:
?[Displays] the glory of an original mind in full provocation.?
?USA Today
?[Mailer?s] theology is not theoretical to him. After eight decades, it is what he believes. He expects no adherents, and does not profess to be a prophet, but he has worked to forge his beliefs into a coherent catechism.?
?New York
?At once illuminating and exciting . . . a chance to see Mailer?s intellect as well as his lively conversational style of speech.?
?American Jewish Life
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