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To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane, and the American space program, 1957-1975
- Title
- To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane, and the American space program, 1957-1975 / Kendrick Oliver.
- Author
- Oliver, Kendrick, 1971-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 229 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- New series in NASA history
- Uniform Title
- New series in NASA history.
- Subjects
- Religion and science > United States > History > 20th century
- Astronautics > United States > History > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
- United States > Religion > 20th century
- United States > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History > 20th century
- Astronautics > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Christianity and politics > United States > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: "The blasphemy of going up" -- "A power greater than any of us" : religion and secularity in the formation of the American space program -- "Signals of transcendence" : the rise and fall of space-age theology -- "Into the other world" : anticipations of spaceflight as religious experience -- "Perhaps a meaning to us" : the Apollo missions as religious experience -- "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing" : religious Americans and NASA in the autumn of the space age -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JSE 13-84
- ISBN
- 9781421407883 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- 1421407884 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2012017651
- OCLC
- 794227950
- Author
- Oliver, Kendrick, 1971-
- Title
- To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane, and the American space program, 1957-1975 / Kendrick Oliver.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
- Series
- New series in NASA historyNew series in NASA history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 13-84