To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane, and the American space program, 1957-1975

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

Author/creator	Oliver, Kendrick, 1971-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Description	xiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	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.

Series	New series in NASA history New series in NASA history. ^A274610
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2012017651
ISBN	9781421407883 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN	1421407884 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9781421408347 (ebk.)
ISBN	1421408341 (ebk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	TL789.8 .U5 O39 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold