To Touch the Face of God: The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957-1975

by Kendrick Oliver

Was the space program the signature project of secular modernity or a symbol of humankind's perpetual quest for communion with God?

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . ."

In 1968 the world watched as Earth rose over the moonscape, televised from the orbiting Apollo 8 mission capsule. Radioing back to Houston on Christmas Eve, astronauts recited the first ten verses from the book of Genesis. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421407884
• ISBN13: 9781421407883
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"