School prayer and discrimination

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"In this provocative work, Frank S. Ravitch redirects the heated debate over prayer in the public schools. He asserts that current legal discourse, which centers this hotly contested issue around First Amendment rights, underestimates the ways in which school prayer fosters discrimination against religious minorities and dissenters. Arguing that traditional Constitutional doctrine is inadequate to address the harmful effects of public school religious exercises, Ravitch looks to civil rights principles and anti-discrimination laws for an alternative approach."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Law and legislation,  Legal status, laws,  Prayer in the public schools,  Freedom of religion,  Religious minorities,  Prière dans les écoles publiques,  Droit,  Minorités religieuses,  Liberté religieuse,  Bidden,  Openbaar onderwijs,  Godsdienstige minderheden,  Godsdienstvrijheid,  Juridische aspecten,  Schulgebet,  Verfassungsrecht,  Geschichte

Places: United States