C.S. Lewis' View on Education

Just finished reading C.S. Lewis' article "On the Transmission of Christianity" — he argued that the answer for the decline in Christian morals and the Christian life is not to go after education per se, but rather to go after individuals. It may be an important reminder for those embroiled in our culture wars here in the U.S., that to transform a culture, you transform the individuals within the culture first and then the institutions follow. To attempt to transform the institutions without changing the individuals is useless.

If I can be critical for a moment, it seems that the "Christian agenda" has been too focused on "prayer in schools" when it needed to be focused on "prayer in homes." How sad would it be for Christians to "win" this battle, only to discover that no one is interested in praying in schools because there are no Christians left there to pray.

His article is available here at Google books.