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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463592903321

Autore

Oliver Kendrick <1971->

Titolo

To touch the face of God [[electronic resource] ] : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 / / Kendrick Oliver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4214-0834-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

New series in NASA history

Disciplina

629.40973/09046

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

United States Religion 20th century

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.