Prayer Education Tomorrow and Tomorrow

It seems so sad. Children in our public schools are to be allowed sex education but not prayer. Can it be true that prayer is more dangerous to the schools than sex? Can it be true that American children are supposed to be masters of sex, celibates of prayer?

Perhaps the partisans of prayer in the schools are on the wrong track. Instead of demanding a moment of prayer, perhaps they should demand courses in prayer education. Such courses might be ecumenical, indeed world-regarding. They” could teach something about all the traditions of prayer long practiced by the human race, particularly those with relevance for our own culture. Youngsters should learn about this important art, this science—for many great minds have studied it in profound detail.

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Michael Novak

Michael Novak was a Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat.

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It seems so sad. Children in our public schools are to be allowed sex education but not prayer. Can it be true that prayer is more dangerous to the schools than sex? Can it be true that American children are supposed to be masters of sex, celibates of prayer?

Perhaps the partisans of prayer in the schools are on the wrong track. Instead of demanding a moment of prayer, perhaps they should demand courses in prayer education. Such courses might be ecumenical, indeed world-regarding. They” could teach something about all the traditions of prayer long practiced by the human race, particularly those with relevance for our own culture. Youngsters should learn about this important art, this science—for many great minds have studied it in profound detail.