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Autore |
Oliver Kendrick <1971-> |
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Titolo |
To touch the face of God [[electronic resource] ] : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 / / Kendrick Oliver |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Collana |
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New series in NASA history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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United States Religion 20th century |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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