13505. SCHOOL PRAYER IN AMERICA. Examines the religious, pedagogical and constitutional issues involved in school prayer in 'America. The history of school prayer and religious expression is reviewed from colonial times to the modern period. Major court decisions and theories are described from the time of Jefferson through the decisive 1962 ban on school prayer in public schools. Arguments for and against school prayer are reviewed, with the conclusion arguing against prayer in U. S. schools for legal reasons. 25 pages, 32 footnotes, 28 bibliographic sources.