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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Oliver Kendrick <1971->
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 629.40973/09046 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Religion 20th century |
| United States Politics and government 1945-1989 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | To touch the face of God |
| ISBN: | 1-4214-0834-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825431003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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