To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 / / Kendrick Oliver.
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Oliver, Kendrick, 1971- To touch the face of God [electronic resource] : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 / Kendrick Oliver. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. xiii, 229 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., ports. New series in NASA history Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration History 20th century. Astronautics United States History 20th century. Religion and science United States History 20th century. Astronautics Political aspects United States History 20th century. Christianity and politics United States History 20th century. United States Religion 20th century. United States Politics and government 1945-1989. Electronic books. ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=3318668 Click to View |
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xiii, 229 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., ports. |
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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. |
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20th century. 1945-1989. |
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