School Prayer
June, 1995
an englishman crosses the great divideUnlike most Americans, I grew up with daily assembly in a public school, where a hymn was sung and a prayer recited. It was unashamedly Christian in form; we addressed God as "He" and didn't say diddly about Muslims, Jews, Buddhists or anyone else. We had readings from the King James Bible, and then the retributions of a vengeful God were meted out, by way of a primly vigilant schoolmaster, on some hapless window-breaker or truant. There was a mour...
