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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
| To touch the face of God [[electronic resource] ] : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 / / Kendrick Oliver |
| Autore | Oliver Kendrick <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.40973/09046 |
| Collana | New series in NASA history |
| 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-0834-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463592903321 |
Oliver Kendrick <1971->
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
| To touch the face of God [[electronic resource] ] : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 / / Kendrick Oliver |
| Autore | Oliver Kendrick <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.40973/09046 |
| Collana | New series in NASA history |
| 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 |
| ISBN | 1-4214-0834-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788207503321 |
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Oliver Kendrick <1971->
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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