Effects Of Religion On Education

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Effects Of Religion On Education

The Effect of Religion on Education
Religion has played an important part in the development of education ever since the beginning, even before the creation of schools. The first schools, which were monasteries, started around the Dark Ages, approximately 450 A.D.; Back then, educations only purpose was to people of the religious persuasion, especially Christianity. Christianity is the religion that has most affected education, and so was the case back then, too. Those people I was talking about before were the ones with the power, however. The pope commanded more respect and authority than the king, the church taxed the people, and the church dictated the laws of the land. The church was in charge of the peoples souls, so they took responsibility for everything else. Even the king and his court was subject to the churchs rule, as no one would really stand up to the churchs authority. So of course, certain people in the church became corrupt and used religion as a way to coerce their own fortunes or luxuries. This went on for hundreds of years. Some of the abuses were issues of immorality, such as the practices of celibacy not being followed and indulgences (pardons for your sins) and offices were sold out. Erasmus, a monk and humanist who wrote In Praise of Folley, was one of the first people who outright condemned the abuses of the church. He believed education should develop piety and morality, and should give the people vocational skills.
Then around the 1300s, around the time of Protestant Reformation, a monk named Martin Luther became the first well-known opposer of the churchs abuses. He wrote many books, some of which stirred popular unrest among the people. Around this time, more people started thinking more in secular terms, and not so much blindly following the church. More and more, commoners were becoming poorer so they followed the secular movement; needing a scapegoat (the church) to blame for the lack of food and money. Then to add fuel to the fire, the printing press was invented. This allowed the people to see the bible for themselves, a book which was before only held in the hands of the church. People could interpret the book for themselves, and didnt need the church or its priests as much as they used to. Religion was the only kind of education until then, as people started to try and see the world in a more secular sense. This was the beginning of the end of education and religion being tied...

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