To touch the face of God the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975
by
Oliver, Kendrick, 1971-
Title
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To touch the face of God the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975
Author
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Oliver, Kendrick, 1971-
Personal Author
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Oliver, Kendrick, 1971-
Publication Information
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
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xiii, 229 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., ports.
Series
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New series in NASA history
Series Title
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New series in NASA history
Contents
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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.
Corporate Subject
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History -- 20th century.
Subject Term
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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.
Geographic Term
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United States -- Religion -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Corporate Author
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ProQuest (Firm)
Electronic Access
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| Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Shelf Location | Holding Information |
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| TL789.8 .U5 O39 2013 | 1077554-1001 | Ebook Central | Ebook Central | |