The Messianic Character of American Education

Target entity: The Messianic Character of American Education
Context triple: [R. J. Rushdoony, notableWork, The Messianic Character of American Education]

• A. American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
  American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that examines the development and transformation of the American educational system from the post-Revolutionary era through Reconstruction.
• B. American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980
  American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 is a major historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines how urbanization and metropolitan life shaped the development of American educational institutions and practices in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• C. The Higher Learning in America
  The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
• D. On a Liberal Education
  "On a Liberal Education" is an influential essay by Thomas Henry Huxley that argues for the importance of broad, scientifically informed learning as the foundation of true education.
• E. The Paideia Proposal
  The Paideia Proposal is an educational manifesto by philosopher Mortimer J. Adler advocating a rigorous, liberal arts–centered curriculum for all students in a democratic society.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: The Messianic Character of American Education
Target entity description: The Messianic Character of American Education is a 1963 book by theologian R. J. Rushdoony that critiques U.S. public schooling as a quasi-religious institution promoting secular, statist values.

• A. American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
  American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that examines the development and transformation of the American educational system from the post-Revolutionary era through Reconstruction.
• B. American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980
  American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 is a major historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines how urbanization and metropolitan life shaped the development of American educational institutions and practices in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• C. The Higher Learning in America
  The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
• D. On a Liberal Education
  "On a Liberal Education" is an influential essay by Thomas Henry Huxley that argues for the importance of broad, scientifically informed learning as the foundation of true education.
• E. The Paideia Proposal
  The Paideia Proposal is an educational manifesto by philosopher Mortimer J. Adler advocating a rigorous, liberal arts–centered curriculum for all students in a democratic society.
• F. None of above. chosen