Does prayer belong in a public school?

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Linda K. Wertheimer, a journalist and the author of the book Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance. In a recent article in The New Republic, Linda explores renewed efforts in some parts of the country to get prayer back into public schools. They discuss:

• Linda’s experience of being the only Jewish student in a public school with weekly Christian Bible classes
• The history of school prayer at the Supreme Court
• How to balance religious freedom and inclusion in an increasingly diverse country

In Signs of the Times, the hosts give an update on Pope Francis’ recovery after his three-hour abdominal surgery and discuss the approval of what would be the first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation.

Finally, Ashley reflects on her vision of heaven.

Links from the show:

Surgeon: Pope Francis is ‘alert’ and cracking jokes after hernia operation

Catholic virtual school approved by Oklahoma board would be first religious charter in the U.S.

Inside the Christian Legal Crusade to Revive School Prayer

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