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 . 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 controversial 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 . Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. School prayer and discrimination the civil rights of religious minorities and dissenters frank s ravitch ravitch frank s 1966 kf4162 r38 1999 mapit . School prayer and discrimination the civil rights of religious minorities and dissenters by frank s ravitch boston mass northeastern university press 1999 268 pp 5000