Overview - School Prayer: An Undergraduate Research Guide - Research Guides at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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The movement to permit voluntary prayer in public schools continues to arouse public debate. Opposition is based on the belief that prayer in public schools violates the principle of the separation of church and state, and that voluntary prayer cannot remain voluntary if students feel pressure to participate. The following is a guide to resources in College Library discussing the debate on prayer in public schools.

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Credo Reference
A collection of 100 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
Religion & Public Schools
This project examines a variety of aspects of the "intersection of religion and public affairs." The project's website features surveys, reports, and other material about contemporary issues such as bioethics, gay marriage, the death penalty, religion in public schools, social welfare, laws, and world affairs. It "does not take position on policy debates." A project of the Pew Research Center.

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