Martin Luther

The continuing Protestant legacy in education

By Gene Veith, September 28, 2018 in Cranach the blog of Veith

Martin Luther invented universal education—for boys and girls of all social classes—and he started institutions to provide it. Ever since, Protestantism has promoted education–among the urban poor of the 19th century, on the mission fields, and in Christian schools today. Now a British researcher has found that this Protestant emphasis on education is a cultural influence that persists to this day, even in seemingly secularized societies. He found that countries with a Protestant background continue to have higher education rates than Catholic countries or those of other religions.

"What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects—with their Christianity latent.”

C.S. Lewis

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