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.
To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 by Kendrick Oliver. ISBN 9781421407883. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.